This is an analysis of Ballade To Our Lady Of Czestochowa by Hilaire Belloc.

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Lady and Queen and Mystery manifold…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a babaabBA X babaabBA X bcXacbBA XXbaba
  • Stanza lengths: 1,8,1,8,1,8,6,
  • Metre: 1 10111100101 11010000101 1001110001 1101110101 1101110111 0101010101 0001111111 1001011101 1 1101110011 0101010001 1101010101 1100110101 1111100111 1110010101 0001111111 1001011101 1 1001010101 10011100100 1001011100 0101010101 1101111110 0101010001 0001111111 1001011101 10 1001010111 11010011001 0101111111 1101011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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