What is the effect of the repetition of the "s" sound throughout emily dickson's "the snake"
it recreates the sound of a snake hissing
it fuses incomplete ideas together
it makes the poem more predictable and memorable
all of these

Time is not always change. time can also mean continuity, and it can mean keeping acknowledged truths in mind despite differences in circumstances.there is no better example of this in things fall apart than the retellings of the proverb about the bird named eneke, the language in both retellings is almost identical despite the length of time that has passed between their repetitions. in comparing the usages of the same proverb, achebe allows his readers to note the similarities and differences between the situations, and he them understand how this story can be applied to their own lives.