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John Ball's speech to peasants - Analysis from Dennis Skinner (pt 2/2)
Dennis Skinner MP examines some of the rhetorical devices John Ball used in his famous sermon 鈥榃hen Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?鈥�. He discusses his use of patterns of threes, contrasting pairs, closing words and the personal pronoun 鈥榳e鈥�.
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