In an Artist's Studio

The effect of the last three lines?

Comment on the effect of the speakers use of repetition in the final three lines of the poem

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In her use of anaphora, the repeated “nots” of lines 11-14, Rossetti implies that each painting, each representation (although an objectified and idealized version of a real woman) somehow bring the images that “fills his [the artist’s] dream” closer to reality.

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In an Artist's Studio