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Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary EducationSSLC (English Medium) Class 8

Figure of speech. The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keepAnd miles to go before I sleep,and miles to go before I sleep. Pick out any two lines of repetition from the poem.

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Figure of speech.

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
  But I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep,
and miles to go before I sleep.

Pick out any two lines of repetition from the poem.

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Solution

And miles to go before. I sleep,
and miles to go before I sleep,

He uses this literary device called repetition to make the idea clearer and more memorable. It is used to emphasize a feeling or idea. Repetition creates rhythm and brings attention to the idea focussed.

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