Find examples of parallelism in lines 36-41. What effect does the parallel structure create? What point is King emphasizing?( I have a dream, speech by Martin Luther king jr)

Explanation:

Parallelism is the literary device in which the sentence is constructed in such a manner by using repeated elements, words, etc to reveal the importance.

In speeches, this device is used to appeal to the emotions of the audience.

In the speech, "I Have A Dream" orated by Martin Luther King Jr., there are examples of parallelism in the speech.

In lines 36-41, the parallelism is used in the repetition of the phrase "Let the freedom ring." This phrase means that 'to let spread the ideals of life, freedom, and happiness across the earth.'

So, the effect that this parallelism is making that it is appealing to the emotions of his audience. As parallelism is used to appeal to the emotions of the audience. This phrase inculcate the sense and an urge to fight for the cause of freedom.

King is trying to emphasise the places where activism is needed. He specified those places in the speech using parallelism device. He urged to declare and rise to fight for the freedom in New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, etc.

our founding fathers introduced the revolutionary idea that each person's desire to pursue their idea of happiness was not self-indulgence, but a necessary driver of a prosperous society. they created a government to defend that right for everyone.