Parallelism is the repetition of the same grammatical or syntactical structure in a poem. The repeated structures are often used to contribute to the rhythm of the lines and to emphasize their meaning. Parallelism tends to contribute a sense of insistence to an expression.
In this example, the negative constructions beginning with "no," "nor," and "never" make up the parallelism of these lines, emphasizing the untouched nature of the locus amoenus the lines are describing.
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