GRAMMAR
Rebecca seizing life with her two hands; Rebecca, triumphant, leaning down from the minstrel's gallery with a smile on her lips. —DAPHNE DU MAURIER, Rebecca
He was a good mixer, and in three days knew everyone on board. He ran everything. He managed the sweeps, conducted the auctions, collected money for prizes at the sports, got up quoit and golf matches, organized the concert, and arranged the fancy-dress ball. He was everywhere and always. He was certainly the best-hated man in the ship. —W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM, Mr Know-Ail
The external world could take care of itself. In the meantime it was folly to grieve, or to think. The prince had provided all the appliances of pleasure. There were buffoons, there were improvisatori, there were ballet-dancers, there were musicians, there were cards, there was Beauty, there was wine. All these and security were within. Without was the "Red Death." —EDGAR ALLAN POE, The Masque of the Red Death
In poetry, the device of deliberate repetition is common. "One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize tonight, But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light; Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day, Then look for me by moonlight, Watch for me by moonlight I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way." —ALFRED NOYES, The Highwayman
The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around: It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound! —SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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