This is an analysis of The Song Of Education by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.

III. For the Creche
Form 8277059, Sub-Section K…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X a bbccddaa eeaaffgg eehhccaa XX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,1,8,8,8,2,
  • Metre: 1101 111101 101011001111 011110010001 111001011111 111001011001 11001001001 101001001101 111101011001 001001001001 111011101011 01011001001 11101101101 11001011001 11001011011 11001101001 101011101111 001001001011 11001001001 11101101001 11111011101 11001001101 101111001011 111001001011 111011011011 11001001001 11111011111 111110110110
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

in, i, for, mother, of, and

Anaphora

for