Answer:
The repetitive motifs in the poem 'There Was a Child Went Forth' is the child's going out of which helped to develop the theme of the process of becoming.
Explanation:
'There Was A Child Went Forth' is a poem written by Walt Whitman. The recurring motif in the poem is the child's going out everyday and becoming what he sees. This repetitive motif helps to develop the theme that poet wants to convey about the process of becoming.
The poet wants to convey through child's everyday going out and becoming what he sees that as we interact with everything we come in contact with it becomes relatable to us. It also conveys the message of development and changing process. As the child went out everyday and became something he sees represents this change and development.
