Repetition led to revelation: Every day, I noticed new things in the text. By the end of the month, I knew the poem by heart. Since then, this practice has become essential. I have my own spin on ...

The poem serves as a kind of map to Bishop’s stylistic moves, such as parenthetical statements, rhetorical questions, and repetition. The poem’s last line, “More delicate than the historians ...

Rhythm and rhyme give the narrative energy so that it is more exciting. Some narrative poems also contain repetition to add rhythm and make it more predictable. Narrative means story. So a ...

One of the more emotional and complex poems was “desire is a dysmorphia-ism,” a poignant reflection on relationships. Wood made use of a repetitive structure, with multiple stanzas starting with “I ...

“I think in that line the rose is red for the first time in English poetry for a hundred years,” she said. Repetition, insistence or parallelism — call it what you will — has been a key ...