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  1. The overall rhyme scheme of this poem is ‘abab’, yet some stanzas, particularly the opening lines, more closely reflect the ‘abcb’ pattern that is common in ballads. The first and tenth stanza have the rhyme scheme ‘abcb’, whereas the last stanza has the rhyme scheme ‘abccb’.   We are seven SumRead more

    The overall rhyme scheme of this poem is ‘abab’, yet some stanzas, particularly the opening lines, more closely reflect the ‘abcb’ pattern that is common in ballads. The first and tenth stanza have the rhyme scheme ‘abcb’, whereas the last stanza has the rhyme scheme ‘abccb’.

     

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  1. Repetition- The simple repetition of a word within a short space of words, with no special placement of the words to secure emphasis, is known as repetition. I pray you tell.   We are seven Summary  

    • Repetition- The simple repetition of a word within a short space of words, with no special placement of the words to secure emphasis, is known as repetition. I pray you tell.

     

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  1. The speaker states that youthful innocence leads to a blissful but limited understanding of the world, while adults are left to cope with life's harsh realities. Death, according to the speaker, is something that definitively separates individuals from life. The little girl, on the other hand, belieRead more

    The speaker states that youthful innocence leads to a blissful but limited understanding of the world, while adults are left to cope with life’s harsh realities. Death, according to the speaker, is something that definitively separates individuals from life. The little girl, on the other hand, believes that death is a transition of life rather than its loss, that it is part of a greater system, and that the dead are therefore intimately connected to the living. Throughout the poem, these two views are maintained in tension, with no clear conclusion as to the essence of death and what it means to those who are left behind.

     

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