The Marmozet

Hilaire Belloc 1870 (La Celle-Saint-Cloud) – 1953



The species Man and Marmozet
Are intimately linked;
The Marmozet survives as yet,
But Men are all extinct.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 02, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAAA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 111
Words 20
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

Hilaire Belloc

Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was an Anglo-French writer and historian who became a naturalised British subject in 1902, but kept his French citizenship. more…

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