To His Mistress Going to Bed
How does the poet use repetition in the poem, To His Mistress Going to Bed?
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The poem begins with a triple use of repetition (“come, madam, come,” in the first line, the reversal of “until I labour, I in labour lie” in the second, and the double use of “foe” in the third), creating a sense of care and deliberation with language from the very beginning (1-3). In short, this is not a free-form expression of the lover’s feelings; it is a carefully constructed text.
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