Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 19 AIL 1812 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Repeated Words
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The idea
Cloths appears three times in four lines, light three times in two, and the word tread twice in the last line. The poem is built from a very small vocabulary repeated, which is a different technique from the dense figuration of earlier bands.
In practice
A small vocabulary, repeated.
Where people slip
Repetition replaces figuration.
Your place on the trail
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