Question

Explain the author’s purpose in using the word “speech” twice in the long title, yet making the poem itself very brief.

"Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress-Toward"

"Say to them,
say to the down-keepers,
the sun-slappers,
the self-soilers,

the harmony-hushers,
Even if you are not ready for day
it cannot always be night.”
You will be right.
For that is the hard home-run.

Live not for battles won.
Live not for the-end-of-the-song.
Live in the along."

Answer 1

Answer: It is telling the reader what the poem is about.

Step-by-step explanation:

Repeating words in a poem shows the main idea of it (What it's about).

So it is giving the reader a hint on what the poem is about.

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Answer 2

Answer: Using the word "speech" twice in the title, can grab the reader's attention to the specific point that is made in the brief poem.

Step-by-step explanation:

Authors like to use repetition in a poem so that the main point of the text can be emphasized, and have a deeper meaning. It also is a persuasive technique. So, since the poem "Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress-Toward" has a repetition of the word twice, at first glance, the person who is reading kind of has an idea of what the poem is talking about before they read it fully.