This is an analysis of The Ploughman by Jean Blewett.

Friend, mark these muscles; mine's a frame
Born, grown, and fitted for the toil.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc eaae efge ahha iXji khhk bgfb ljjl mXhm Xhhi nnnn
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11110101 11110101 11010001 01001011 11110111 01110111 111111001 10010111 11111101 11111111 11001111 01010001 01011101 01110100 11010101 11000111 11011101 11010111 10010111 11000101 11111111 111101010 11010101 11010101 01010111 01010111 11010110 01010101 11110111 11110101 01010100 01010101 11011111 01011101 01000111 11000101 11111101 01111001 01010101 11111101 10110101 11111111 11110111 01110101 011100101 11110111 01110101 01010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 12
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

and, my

Anaphora

the, my