This is an analysis of Half A Man by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.

'I wash me 'ands uv 'im,' I tells 'em straight.
'You women can do wot yeh dash well like.…

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Structure

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  • Stanzas: 14
  • Lines: 84

Repeated words/phrases

in, to, i, 'e, an', man, it, '

Anaphora

i, ''ow, she's