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Joh II 1 011I!uggc Is that the central. functional paradox in the poem. one that thereader participate in along with the "you" addre ed, i the realization"that by givin up the world' identification of eeular love with bla phcrnji a way of discovering that love i something more than the ecular worldcould imagine it to be" and that "profane love is more than just erosagain,as the secular world imagines" (p. 13). Suggests, however, that thefina l effect of the poem i ornewhat unclear: "Perhaps what this mean .that the reader feels that the union described in this essay is a union, aharmony, achieved only through wit and art" (p. 19).V!! ~ 10 . L EA. KATHLE ·N. The Poetic Power of Repetition. ( hattertonLecture on an Engli h Poet. Briti h Academy.) Oxford: Oxford 111·vcr 'it Press. 51- 76 p.Reprinted in PBA 55 (197 1): 5 1-76.I iscusses the variety, delicacy, and force of the rhetorical device of repctitionin English poetry. Mentions Donne's "curious mimicking of theslapping of sails" (I'. 69) in his verse letter, "T he Stormc." and also mentionsand quotes from Donn e'ssermon on the text "Follow me, and I willmake ou fi 'hers of men" "with its fascinating exploitation of the logical,connective. and even lyrical effects of repetition" (I'. 70).~ ~ 109· L: VIS. F. R. "'I!.ngli h'- nrest and Continuity." T~, 2