Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 8 AIL 0725 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Repetition as Structure
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The idea
Where a closed form repeats because the form requires it, an open form repeats because the poet chose to. The choice is therefore meaningful in a way a villanelle's refrain is not: nothing compelled it. Ask what a chosen repetition insists on.
In practice
Nothing compelled this repetition.
Where people slip
Chosen repetition means more, not less.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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