Question

Throughout the text, Thoreau uses repetition, particularly parallel structure. Identify three or four examples and analyze their effect. Try to find ones that illustrate different effects.

Answer 1

Answer:

Throughout the text, Thoreau uses repetition, particularly parallel structure. Example:

"Simplify, simplify"

Explanation:

Thoreau tends to use embedded repetition to emphazise a point, as urging the readers to stop burying themselves in never-ending impossible tasks and simplify their lives with: "Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!", or in paragraph 2: maybe creating a mantra-like urging, using also derivatives of words: "live, "life": Simplify, simplify".