Analysis of The Catholic Sun
Hilaire Belloc 1870 (La Celle-Saint-Cloud) – 1953
Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine,
There’s always laughter and good red wine.
At least I’ve always found it so.
Benedicamus Domino!
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Balliol rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 010010111 11100111 1111111 110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 143 |
| Words | 24 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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