Use the poem "Recuerdo" by Edna St. Vincent Millay to complete the activity. %0D%0A%0D%0A(1) We were very tired, we were very merry—%0D%0A%0D%0AWe had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt was bare and bright, and smelled like a stable—%0D%0A%0D%0ABut we looked into a fire, we leaned across a table,%0D%0A%0D%0AWe lay on a hill-top underneath the moon;%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd the whistles kept blowing, and the dawn came soon.%0D%0A%0D%0A(2) We were very tired, we were very merry—%0D%0A%0D%0AWe had gone back and forth all night on the ferry;%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd you ate an apple, and I ate a pear,%0D%0A%0D%0AFrom a dozen of each we had bought somewhere;%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd the sky went wan, and the wind came cold,%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd the sun rose dripping, a bucketful of gold.%0D%0A%0D%0A(3) We were very tired, we were very merry,%0D%0A%0D%0AWe had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.%0D%0A%0D%0AWe hailed, “Good morrow, mother!” to a shawl-covered head,%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd bought a morning paper, which neither of us read;%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd she wept, “God bless you!” for the apples and pears,%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd we gave her all our money but our subway fares.%0D%0A%0D%0A %0D%0A%0D%0AIn one to two sentences, explain how the repeated lines contribute to the overall meaning of the poem....... %0D%0A%0D%0A(2 points)
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