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Analysis of Poetry
"This is the "house" that Jack "built"
Has two stressed syllables and the rest of them are unstressed. A frenchman will stress all syllables.
The stressing and unstressing of syllables gives the language its "Englishness".
In 10 syllable pentameter, will divide the line into two half-lines each containing two stresses.
To "be" or not to "be", "that" is the "question" --
This gives the poetry its Englishness...
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