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To pinpoint the power of this kind of structure to involve the reader it is necessary to examine the convergence of ideational parallelism and structural parallelism. The following two poems, both based on a time progression, exemplify this symmetrical interplay:

YOUR HEART

In the morning
Your heart is spotless white;
Therefore
God embraces you.

In the afternoon
Your heart is limitless blue;
Therefore
God reveals Himself through you.

In the evening
Your heart is deathless red;
Therefore
God fulfils the world through you.    (p. 148)

DAWN LOVES YOU

Dawn loves you;
Therefore
You are purity's flood.

Noon loves you;
Therefore
You are surety's sky.

Evening loves you;
Therefore
You are tranquility's soul.    (p. 192)