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Read the quotation from "A Psalm of Life."

Let the dead past bury its dead!

What is the effect of the repetition of the word “dead” in this line?

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The effect of the repetition of the word “dead” in this line is that it reinforces the idea that one should live in the present, not in the past.
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it is c just took the text


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