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Read the passage below from The Call of the Wild and answer the question.

And beyond that fire, in the circling darkness, Buck could see many gleaming coals, two by two, always two by two, which he knew to be the eyes of great beasts of prey.
What lyrical technique is being used in the passage above?

rhyme
metaphor
personification
repetition

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repetition, the phrase “two by two” is being repeated
User Abhijith Nagarajan
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The answer is repetition as in the passage the lyrics say, “... two by two, always two by two..” Some answers could be it but repetition is the one most likely.
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