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The repetition of the parallel construction emphasizes the ultimate sacrifice given by the soldiers on this ground. </span>
<span>When
elements within a list or sentence are parallel, the same word pattern is
present. In looking at the portion of
this excerpt you have placed in quotation marks, there is repetition that is
highlighted by Abraham Lincoln’s use of parallel structure with the words, “we
cannot.” The use of repetition here can
certainly be seen to place an emphasis on the soldiers’ sacrifice on the ground
(battlefield) being spoken about. </span>
From experience the most poems I have read or gone over have mostly been of love
