The Rocking-Horse Winner

The effect of Lawrence's heavily repetitive style is that it:?

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Repetition of language particularly works well for Paul's character. The author expresses his desperation to find luck and win his mother's affections not just by simply saying he wants it, but simply saying he wants it three times, saying, "He wanted luck, he wanted it, he wanted it."

D.H Lawrence also repeats words and images that important to understanding the person's character. For Paul he constantly refers to his blue eyes, which are range from glaring to uncanny to mad. For Paul's mother he constantly refers to her heart, which gradually open up to her child until at the end story, like her child's eyes, her heart has turned to stone.