This is an example of "Repetition".
Repetition<span> is a way used in language to draw attention to a
certain idea or point, although this is usually utilized in poetry or songs etc
but when used in a speech which is often a way to emphasize on the idea. The
given example is a part of speech from Winston Churchill. </span>
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Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't.
When they do, we call that "onomatopeia".
But most often they don't. For example, "strawberry" is much too big a word
for that tiny red fruit. It should be called a "pleep".
And "sun" is much too small a word for that huge hot yellow thing in the sky.
That should be called a "fuuuarrmmhh".
Assuming that Eliot's reference to mermaids in this excerpt symbolizes the sources of inspiration of traditional poetry, these lines must imply that t<span>he poet feels that traditional sources of inspiration are ineffective in the modern world. </span>
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