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: ''That hings his head, an' a' that;''
Burns is asking ''Is there an honest man among us who hangs his head, and otherwise cringes, because of his Poverty?''
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The [[aposiopesis]] is a form of ellipsis.
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Another example of '''ellipsis''' as a figure of speech is:
But this
[[User:Tiles|Tiles]] 08:07 May 7, 2003 (UTC)
▲:"Wikipedia is a great encyclopedia ever created"
▲can be seen as a short way to say
▲:"Wikipedia is a great encyclopedia ''that is'' ever created"
▲But this can be explained without ellipsis. "Created" can be regarded as [[past participle]], so it modifies a [[noun]] encylopedia just like [[adjective]] does.
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