1) The title of the poem is “The Twins”.

2) The poet’s name is Henry Sambrooke Leigh.

3) The rhyme scheme is: ababcdcd

4) Favourite Lines:

“In form and feature, face and limb,
I grew so like my brother,
That folks got taking me for him,
And each for one another”



5) Theme/Central Idea:

The central idea of the poem is the physical resemblance shared by identical twins that it can create confusion amongst other people. It shows the problems faced not only by the twins themselves but by their families and friends in identifying one from the other.

This poem particularly talks about one of the brothers that feels he is suffering because of the resemblance with his twin. He feels he gets unfairly treated or targeted because of the deeds of his brother. The poem is humourous in nature and talks about twins in a light-hearted manner.

6) Figures of Speech: Alliteration, Hyperbole, Pun, Repetition.

7) Special features: This poem is light-hearted and uses humour to emphasize its main points. It has four paragraphs, each of them having eight lines. Due to having eight lines, the rhyme scheme of the poem is ababcdcd. There is good use of figures of speech in this poem by the author including pun and hyperbole.

8) I like this poem as it is quite funny and light-hearted. I am also fascinated by the world of twins and what they must be feeling with having someone that looks so much like themselves.