“What’s to be done? Break what must be broken..” What literary/rhetorical device is this?

Hi, you've asked an incomplete question lacking options. I inferred you want to know the type of literary device or rhetoric used in the sentence.

Repetition, and Parallelism

Explanation:

Repetition is a type of literary device that involves the use of a word or phrase several times (repeatedly) in a speech or sentence. While Parallelism involves the use of phrases with grammatical structure, which may create a  pattern or rhythm.

For example, in the above sentence, we can observe the repetition of the word, "What", and "be". And the sentence, "Break what must be broken" has a similar grammatical structure as the first sentence.

hello,

your answer is a) the metaphor suggests that the poetic themes are serious and dark.

collins is comparing the poem to a dark room. he is suggesting that the poems theme is serious and wants you to understand it. you don't need to understand the poet in order to understand the poem. you also don't need to move around while reading it. he is simply saying the poem has a dark and serious theme.

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the purpose in this excerpt is that you should never do things like that because according to the bible, if you have more than one wife it's wrong and a huge sin. i hope this .