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instances of repetition in the poem.
Down on Lenox Avenue the other night
By the pale dull palor of an old gas light
He did a lazy sway …
He did a lazy sway …
To the tune o’ those Weary Blues.
—“The Weary Blues,” Langston Hughes
Which instances of repetition appear in the poem? Check all of the boxes that are correct
repetition of abbreviations
repetition of sounds
repetition of words
repetition of syllables in one or more lines
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Correct answers: repetition of sounds; repetition of words; repetition of syllables in one or more lines.
Why:
- Repetition of words: the line “He did a lazy sway …” is repeated verbatim.
- Repetition of sounds: examples include alliteration/assonance such as “pale dull pallor” and the vowel sounds in “tune o’ those.”
- Repetition of syllables: the repeated line reproduces the same syllable pattern, and “pale/pallor” repeats the “pal/pa(l)” sound at the syllable level.
Repetition of abbreviations is not present.
Why:
- Repetition of words: the line “He did a lazy sway …” is repeated verbatim.
- Repetition of sounds: examples include alliteration/assonance such as “pale dull pallor” and the vowel sounds in “tune o’ those.”
- Repetition of syllables: the repeated line reproduces the same syllable pattern, and “pale/pallor” repeats the “pal/pa(l)” sound at the syllable level.
Repetition of abbreviations is not present.
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