Read the quotation from "A Psalm of Life." Let the dead past bury its dead! What is the effect of the repetition of the word “dead” in this line?
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It suggests that the reader should think of mortality when thinking of the past.B
It serves as a reminder that the past is comprised of the actions of people now deceased.C
It reinforces the idea that one should live in the present, not in the past.D
It creates a mood of foreboding, which affects the rest of the poem.