In addition, just like the -ing phrase, we can use it anywhere. He mends ten holes in the knees of five pairs of boy's pants. Now I'm not claiming that Lee's poem is better because of my changes. I only offer the suggestions as possibilities for your own poems. The last way that Lee stretches his images, and creates rhythm is by use of a refrain.
Refrains are very difficult to use successfully because they generally repeat the identical lines.
Lee shows us a way around this problem by offering a double refrain. The advantage to this approach is that there's still a constant echo throughout the poem, but the images or ideas change, and so the poem doesn't become predictable. This week try writing a poem in which you try to extend your descriptions through -ing phrasing, multiple questions, and refrains that vary. If you'd like to write about your family like Lee did feel free. If not, that's okay too.