Question

Read the stanzas from "Night."

under at an unfaltering pace,
under till the rinds break,
back till each bent leaf
is parted from its stalk;
under at a grave pace,
under till the leaves
are bent back
till they drop upon earth,
back till they are all broken
Why does the poet repeat the word "under" in these stanzas?

Answer 1

The poet repeats the word under because they are explaining a specific thing. 

Answer 2

The poet repeats the word "under" in these stanzas to establish the figurative meaning of the petals

Step-by-step explanation:

"Night" is a representation of the detachment of H.D. from victorian style to get into modernism, every line where the rose loses its petals, and when it is described that they fall to the ground it represents how H.D. leaves behind the conventionalism of the old literary forms of victorian writers, the petals represent all the things that are no longer necessary.