This is an analysis of An English Peasant by George Crabbe.

To pomp and pageantry in nought allied,
A noble peasant, Isaac Ashford, died.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccaaaabbddeeaaaaaaffaaaaggccaaeeaahhaaeeiihhhh
  • Stanza lengths: 52,
  • Metre: 0111000111 0101010101 1011100111 0101010101 0111010101 1111010101 1111110101 1101110001 11010010101 1011110011 0101010101 1001010101 0101011101 1101011101 0101010101 1101111001 0101001001 1101110001 1001011101 0111011101 1111010101 1101011101 1101010101 1011011011 0111011101 1101010111 0100111101 1011010101 1101011101 0111110101 1101011111 10010010101 1011000111 0101011101 0101011101 01010100101 10010110101 1111100111 1001110101 010101001001 11010001001 1101111101 1111111101 10110011001 1111011101 0101110101 0101010101 1101010001 1111110101 1011010111 1101110111 0101010001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 52

Repeated words/phrases

no, he, his, in, pride, that, to