This is an analysis of The Men And Women, And The Monkeys by Charles Lamb.

A FABLE
When beasts by words their meanings could declare,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X aaa bbb ccc ddd XXX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Metre: 010 1111110101 1111110001 0101110101 1111010001 10110011101 0100010111 0101010111 11001110111 1001110101 11011111010 01000111010 11010110010 11110001010 1101001110000 11111101100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 20