We were very tired, we were very merry—
We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.
The repeated lines of "we were very tired, we were very merry" in Edna St. Vincent Millay's poem "Recuerdo" serve to emphasize the juxtaposition of feelings experienced during the night described in the poem. The repetition of these contradictory emotions highlights the bittersweet nature of the memory being recounted, as it captures the exhaustion and joy felt by the speaker during their time on the ferry.
Use the poem recuerdo by Edna st Vincent to complete the activity
And one to two sentences, explain how the repeated lines contribute to the overall meaning of the poem
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