Balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath, a waste of breath the years behind in balance with this life, this death. which statement best describes the effect of the repetition in this excerpt? the repeated words emphasize the speaker's desire to live and return to ireland. the repeated words highlight the idea that it doesn't matter whether he lives or dies. the repeated words show that the speaker had a promising future ahead of him. the repeated words reinforce the speaker's lack of emotional attachment to his homeland.

answer: b

explanation:

wordsworth tends to see nature as 'out there'; a presence which surrounds humans, and contributes to human life, but is different from humans. if you look at a typical wordsworth poem (there was a boy, ye knew him well ye rocks) - wordsworth talks about nature as something that needs to be learned about and understood, nature is different from us.  

if you look at a byron poem (the isles of greece is a good one) - byron looks at nature mainly for what it already means to man. wordsworth will look at a landscape and see the mountains, trees, valleys, and rivers as almost spiritual presences - wordsworth wants to get to know nature.  

byron will look at the same landscape and he will want to know who lives there, what are the villages? are there any farms or mines, is there some history?  

wordsworth looks at nature for what it is; byron is forever asking what it means.  

wordsworth thinks that humans are part of nature; byron thinks that nature is part of being human

this isnt an english question.