In this excerpt from / "The Lady of Shalott/" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, how did the repetition of words in the first four lines affect the narrative? ...

She left the web, she left the loom,.

She made three paces thro' the room,.

She saw the water lily bloom,.

She saw the helmet and the plume,.

She look'd down to Camelot ...

Out flew the web and floated wide;.

The mirror crack'd from side to side;.

/"The curse is come upon me,/" cried.

The Lady of Shalott.

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Judah Joyce

30 April, 16:38

In this excerpt from / "The Lady of Shalott/" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, how did the repetition of words in the first four lines affect the narrative? ...

She left the web, she left the loom,.

She made three paces thro' the room,.

She saw the water lily bloom,.

She saw the helmet and the plume,.

She look'd down to Camelot ...

Out flew the web and floated wide;.

The mirror crack'd from side to side;.

/"The curse is come upon me,/" cried.

The Lady of Shalott.

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Lukas · Answer 1

The repetition shows that her fate is inevitable. The actions have already ended and it is being spoken from a retrospective angle, where nothing can be changed, therefore she's already done it because it was written that it would be so.