This is an analysis of Belgium by John Le Gay Brereton.

The Blatant Beast saw meadows, made for peace,
Sunlit and gently asway, and held them light,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba bcXcbc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 0101111111 11110101101 1111110001 11000100101 11101110101 1111010101 00101010001 11110111001 1101110001 0101010101 1111111101 1111010101 1101010111 0111010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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