This is an analysis of Happy Heathen: (With Limited Apologies To G.K.C.) by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.
The heathen's not efficient;
He sits down in the sun…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: AbXbXcdc aefefafa AgXgXadaXagfgaaga
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,17,
- Metre: 0101010 111001 11010101 101110 11011101 111111 10110101 111101 1111010 110111 11110101 110111 1111010 110111 11011101 110101 0101010 111101 11111001 110101 11110101 110100 11011101 110110 1111010 111101 11000101 110101 10101010 1010101 10010101 110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 34
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
our, and
