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The word repeated the most in the poem, "One Art", by Elizabeth Bishop, is master.
The main idea that a story is built on. A universal truth of the human heart. Theme is the basic message of the story, like the morals of Aesop's Fables. You can find theme by asking yourself 'What is the author trying to tell the readers?" or "What is the message of this story?" It's not usually stated directly, but you can find the theme by looking for things that are stressed or repeated in the story. The official definition of the word theme is "the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic."
idea or point that is central to a story, which can often be summed in a single word (e.g. love, death, betrayal).
a theme..?
The main idea.
theme
The word you are looking for is "parable."
is a literary device where word or concepts are repeated at the start and finish of an idea and these work as bookends or an envelop to enclose a concept or idea. Comes from the Latin word includo when means "enclose" or "surround"
The word is cycle. It means a series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order.
When the answer was repeated, she understood it better.