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.'…
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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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