This is an analysis of On Vital Statistics by Hilaire Belloc.

Ill fares the land to hast'ning ills a prey (1)
Where wealth accumulates and men decay.'…

Browse poems by Hilaire Belloc

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa bb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,2,
  • Metre: 11010101011 1101011110 1111010011 1101110101 11011001110 11010101010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 6

Epiphora

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