USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer. Answer: “Now is the time” is repeated three times in the sixth paragraph.

Detailed explanation-2: -Again, ‘with this faith’ is repeated three times, ‘let freedom ring’ is repeated nine times which is also important and most repeated; and ‘free at last’ is repeated three times. The speech begins with a reference to Emancipation proclamation, which freed millions of slaves in 1863.

Detailed explanation-3: -Even in the absence of the remainder of the speech, these key phrases tell much of story. Emphasis through repetition makes these phrases more memorable, and, by extension, make King’s story more memorable.

Detailed explanation-4: -The phrase is using the meaning of the verb to ring: “to make or cause to make a clear vibrating sound” metaphorically. Freedom itself is not a sound, but “letting freedom ring” means to exercise your freedom clearly and openly, in this case by standing up for a just cause in a nonviolent way.

Detailed explanation-5: -A call for equality and freedom, it became one of the defining moments of the civil rights movement and one of the most iconic speeches in American history.