My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold

How does Wordsworth use repetition in the poem, My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold?

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Wordsworth uses repetition and assonance to give the poem a more musical quality as well as enhance its meaning. The most notable example of repetition appears in lines three through five, wherein the speaker repeats the word “So” at the beginning of each line (3).

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