This is an analysis of the poem The Englishman that begins with:

Born in the flesh, and bred in the bone,
Some of us harbour still... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdaeX cfcfeaeX ccdcXafa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111001 101101 011111111 0100101 1111101011 1010101 1110111101 11100100 110011111 10110101 1110010111 10110111 11100100101 1100111 1011110111 11100100 1101001001 0110111 10101111001 001101101 10101001001 1101101 11101011001 1111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 290
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Englishman;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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