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Context:
The Title:
Establishes the foresight of the foreman, removing the victimisation of the scenario.
One Stanza:
My country is Kiltarton Cross, Polyptoton Repetition Aligning himself with the country
My countrymen Kiltartans poor. side and the people.
Nor law, nor duty bade me fight, Negation, emphasises in Highlight futility of his joining.
Nor public man, nor cheering crowds anaphora of nor
Form:
This short sixteen-line poem has a very simple structure: lines metered in iambic tetrameter, and four
grouped quatrains of alternating rhymes: ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH, or four repetitions of the basic ABAB
scheme utilising different rhymes.
Writing this poem constituted an awkward task for the poet. James Pethica