What is the ‘refrain’ in the poem? What effect does it create?

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In the referred poem, the refrain is:

‘For men may come and men may go

But I go on for ever.’

A refrain is a phrase, verse, or group of verses repeated at intervals throughout a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza. In this poem, it gives a chant-like quality to the tone the poet is writing in.

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