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"The Rolling English Road" is one of the best-known poems by G. K. Chesterton.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 16 relations: Alliteration, Bannockburn, Beachy Head, Birmingham, Brighton Palace Pier, Byway (road), G. K. Chesterton, Glastonbury, Goodwin Sands, Heptameter, Kensal Green Cemetery, Napoleon, River Severn, Rye, East Sussex, Stanza, The Flying Inn.

  2. 1914 poems
  3. Poems by G. K. Chesterton

Alliteration

Alliteration is the repetition of syllable-initial consonant sounds between nearby words, or of syllable-initial vowels, if the syllables in question do not start with a consonant.

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Bannockburn

Bannockburn (Allt a' Bhonnaich) is an area immediately south of the centre of Stirling in Scotland.

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Beachy Head

Beachy Head is a chalk headland in East Sussex, England.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.

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Brighton Palace Pier

The Brighton Palace Pier, commonly known as Brighton Pier or the Palace Pier, is a Grade II* listed pleasure pier in Brighton, England, located in the city centre opposite the Old Steine.

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Byway (road)

A byway in the United Kingdom is a track, often rural, which is too minor to be called a road.

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G. K. Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English author, philosopher, Christian apologist, and literary and art critic.

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Glastonbury

Glastonbury is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low-lying Somerset Levels, south of Bristol.

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Goodwin Sands

Goodwin Sands is a sandbank at the southern end of the North Sea lying off the Deal coast in Kent, England.

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Heptameter

Heptameter is a type of meter where each line of verse contains seven metrical feet.

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Kensal Green Cemetery

Kensal Green Cemetery is a cemetery in the Kensal Green area of North Kensington in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in London, England.

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Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.

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River Severn

The River Severn (Afon Hafren), at long, is the longest river in Great Britain.

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Rye, East Sussex

Rye is a town and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England, from the sea at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede.

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Stanza

In poetry, a stanza (from Italian stanza) is a group of lines within a poem, usually set off from others by a blank line or indentation.

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The Flying Inn

The Flying Inn is a novel by English writer G. K. Chesterton, first published in 1914.

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See also

1914 poems

Poems by G. K. Chesterton

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_English_Road