In his 1915 novel, The Rainbow, D.H. Lawrence uses parallels and repetition to characterize the woman's plight of being confined to the underdeveloped and unchanging world of farm life while yearning for the skills and company of those more evolved.
As the woman analyzes her own situation, Lawrence uses repetition to mimic her thought pattern as, over time, the woman ponders over and over the difference between her men and those more advanced men like the vicar. The parallels emphasize her constant comparison of her husband with the vicar. She realizes that, "As Brangwen had power over the cattle, so the vicar had power over her husband."
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