This is an analysis of The Inhuman Wolf And The Lamb Sans Gene by Guy Wetmore Carryl.

A gaunt and relentless wolf, possessed
Of a quite insatiable thirst,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaa bcbbc dXddX dcddX Xeaae ebeebXdadda
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Metre: 011010101 00101001 111010111 1111101001 0110111 01101001001 10100101 0010100101 11000111001 1100101 1110100101 11011100 1110111111 1111110101 1011110010 1101110111 01000101 010000101 11111101111 1110101 111110100 1111111 101010111 110011101 101001001 10111111101 10100111 11011011011 10100111101 0100110 010010111 1110111 110100101 101111111 010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 35

Repeated words/phrases

and, lamb, he, i