The Structure of "The Duel"
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The four verses alternate between reporting what the Dutch clock said and what the Chinese plate said.
The speaker tells us that the end of each stanza that he didn't actually see the fight. This technique is called REPETITION.
The poem interacts with the reader with RHETORICAL QUESTIONS like "What do you think?"
The four verses alternate between reporting what the Dutch clock said and what the Chinese plate said.
The speaker tells us that the end of each stanza that he didn't actually see the fight. This technique is called REPETITION.
The poem interacts with the reader with RHETORICAL QUESTIONS like "What do you think?"