Question

Read the excerpt from " Crossing Brooklyn Ferry." Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky, so I felt, Just as any of you is one of a living crowd, I was one of a crowd, Just as you are refresh'd by the gladness of the river and the bright flow, I was refresh'd, Just as you stand and lean on the rail, yet hurry with the swift current, I stood yet was hurried, Just as you look on the numberless masts of ships and the thick-stemmed pipes of steamboats, I looked. What is the purpose of the repetition in these lines

Answer 1

B

Explanation: to emphasize that the narrator’s experience is universal

Answer 2

The purpose of repetition is to provoke identification between the reader and the narrator, showing that what the reader felt the narrator felt.

Step-by-step explanation:

Repetition is the figure of speech that allows the use of a word or phrase to be repeated several times during a text. The use of repetition is intended to highlight a concept that is present in the text. In the case of the text shown above, we can see the repetition of the expression "just as you" to highlight the identification between speaker and narrator. This is because the speaker is showing common situations and sensations that happened to him and the reader.