The Rebel by Hilaire Belloc: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Rebel that begins with:

There is a wall of which the stones
Are lies and bribes and dead men's bones. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaa ccXXddX ccddaaeecc ffaaggaahhee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,10,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 11111111 11000101 01111111 11000101 11111101 110101101 110100101 1100111110 1101101010 110011101 110111101 11000100 1110111 01011101 11010101 11010101 11010001 110100101 1101101101 110011101 11111011 01110101 10011111 11110111 110101101 11010011 11111101 11011101 11110101 11011101 11110111 11111101 11011101 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 323
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, them, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of The Rebel;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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