Read these lines from the poem. Dear friends, reproach me not for what I do, Nor counsel me, nor pity me; nor say That I am wearing half my life away For bubble-work that only fools pursue. The main purpose of the repetition used in these lines is toHurry ur boi is timed

The purpose of the repetition is to intensify how the speaker does not want to receive criticism about his desires and the activities he does.

Explanation:

Repetition is the figure of language that allows a word to be repeated several times during a text, to intensify some textual element a meaning that the author is trying to convey.

We can see an example of repetition in the lines of the poem “Dear Friends” by Arlington, presented in the question above. The repetition is done through the use of the word "nor" where the speaker reinforces that he does not want to receive reprimands, criticisms or contrary opinions about what he wants to do and about what he does. It is likely that the speaker is referring to the criticism he receives for wanting to be a poet, but as this profession is his desire, he no longer wants to hear any contrary opinion about it.

devin will have to drain the rain out from his garage.

the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.