Variation and repetition

Repetition and variation serves to place the image into the reader and/or listener's mind. This technique recasts a single poetic idea and gives it multiple dimensions with each new metaphor describing it. For example, in _Judith_, God is described in kingly terms: "the ruler of the stars," "the dispenser of grace"; in terms of intellect: "the brightminded one," the powerfully-minded one"; and in the abstract concept of belief ("the true belief"). These variations imbue God with abstract meanings (God as pure intellect and true belief) as well as a political dimension as a ruler of the cosmos and men.