Jim Charter wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> 
>>   This is one of those questions which is basically impossible to google.
>> Perhaps because there is no answer. Anyways...
>>
>>   Does the style of poetry where the first verse is repeated as the last
>> verse have a name?
>>
>>   The idea of repeating the first verse as the last verse of the poem can
>> make it very profound and powerful, IMO. An absolutely superb example by
>> Tolkien:
>>
>>     The way is shut
>>     It was made by those who are Dead
>>     And the Dead keep it
>>     Until the time comes
>>     The way is shut
>>
> 
> Isn't that the line repeated?

I seem to have the thought that repeating the first verse as the last is 
common with hymns?  Haven't been to church in four decades so it is a 
hazy thought at best.

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