This is an analysis of the poem To Belloc that begins with:

For every tiny town or place
God made the stars especially;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdede fafaghgh iaiXjdjd kckbklkl mhmhnene
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110010111 11010100 10110101 11010001 11010101 010110001 11011101 01011101 110010111 01111111 11000111 011111001 100000101 01111011 11010101 01110111 00111101 11010101 11111101 11111100 11010111 11010100 11111001 101111001 100011101 11010111 01110101 11110100 100010111 10011101 11111101 11110101 10110101 11010111 01111111 01011101 010011010 01111101 100111010 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; moon, and, streets are repeated.

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

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  • summary of To Belloc;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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