With slower pen men used to write, Of old, when "letters" were "polite";
In Anna's, or in George's days,
They could afford to turn a phrase,
Or trim a straggling theme aright.

They knew not steam; electric light
Not yet had dazed their calmer sight; —
They meted out both blame and praise
With slower pen.

Too swiftly now the hours take flight!
What's read at morn is dead at night;
Scant space have we for Art's delays,
Whose breathless thought so briefly stays,
We may not work — ah! would we might! —
With slower pen.

-which of these does the speaker suggest has had a negative impact on people‘s lives?
pens
artwork
electricity
clocks