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Gentlemen, there is a forgotten word.

puzzle vocative tricolon


No. An almost forbidden word. metanoia epistrophe
A word that means more to me than any other. anadiplosis
That word is "England". solution anaphora
Once, we flaunted it in the face of the world, like a banner. inclusive ‘we’ metaphor
simile
It was a word that stood for power. A word that stood for freedom. A word that stood for Lexical set – anaphora tricolon
respect. flaunt, power, parallelism
respect
But today, we're scarcely even allowed to speak the name of our country. contrast
Well, I want to revive that word, a grand old word, the word "Englishman". diacope tricolon
Now we've been marginalised. inclusive ‘we’
We've been called "cranks". We're not cranks. and us refutation parallelism tricolon
Some people say we're racists. We're not racists. We're realists.
Some people call us Nazis. We're not Nazis. No, what we are, we are nationalists.
And there's a reason people try to pigeonhole us like this. puzzle metaphor
And that is because of one word, gentlemen. vocative
Fear. solution
They fear us. They fear us because we are the true voice of the people of this country. People inclusive ‘we’ anaphor
who work hard, pay their way, it don't matter what their ethnic background is, I welcome with exclusive
open arms in this country. It's the people who think we owe them a living. These are the people ‘people’
that need to go back.
An English king on a battlefield once said, "From this day till the end of the world, only we in it quotation appositio alliteration tricolon
shall be remembered, we few, we happy few, we band of brothers." exclusive ‘we’ anaphor
Gentlemen, it is the time to stand up and be counted. It is the time for action. call to action anaphor
Our country has been stolen from under our noses. metaphor
Well, gentlemen, it's time to take it back! call to action vocative interjection
Are you ready to return to the fight? Are you ready to shed blood? Are you ready to fight for 2nd person anaphor tricolon
this country with your last breath of life? pronoun
Gentlemen, join our band of brothers. imperative vocative alliteration repetition
This is England Speech (stimulate emotions, change minds, call to act)
lexical sets: flaunted/banner/power/respect/grand/king [] forbidden/(not) allowed/marginalised/called cranks

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