Repetition ,which abounds in literary works –whether it turns into a
linguistic system that abides or evades a certain rule-emerges ,as a stylistic and
distinctive sign which contributes to an appreciation of specific characteristic of
the literar
y style of the work under study .therefore, this concise paper seeks to
approach the average of the incident of repetition which ,through the curves
shown ,reveals the distinctive stylistic signs of Al-Shabbi,s poem On Life ,and
endeavors to show the function of this device on the level of the linguistic
construction of the text or system in question ,and the level of the text's general
structure ,via this statistic and stylistic practice.
