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Repetition, Anaphora, and Refrain
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APLIT.052 Repetition, Anaphora, and Refrain
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Read the original poetry excerpt. The sea said wait, the sea said kneel, the sea said give back every name; I filled my pockets with stones and listened. The repeated phrase 'the sea said' primarily does what?
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It proves the sea is literally speaking in a realistic dialogue.
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It turns the sea into a neutral backdrop with no symbolic role.
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It makes the speaker ignore the sea's commands completely.
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It personifies the sea as an external voice for the speaker's inner compulsion.
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