This is an analysis of A General Summary by Rudyard Kipling.

We are very slightly changed
From the semi-apes who ranged…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddecce fffggfhXh aXaggggg iijiij
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,9,8,6,
  • Metre: 1110101 0010111 10010101 1110101 1010111 1111101 100010101 1010101 1011001 101001 1010101 1110101 1110111 1110101 1000101 1001101 10101001 1010101 11100110 10001010 10101001 1111101 1011000 1101100 11010010 1110101 0110001 1010101 11101010 1010111 1110101 1110101 10100010 00101010 1101101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 35

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