Society Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDECFE| Historic be the survey of our kind | A |
| And how their brave Society took shape | B |
| Lion wolf vulture fox jackal and ape | B |
| The strong of limb the keen of nose we find | A |
| Who with some jars in harmony combined | A |
| Their primal instincts taming to escape | B |
| The brawl indecent and hot passions drape | B |
| Convenience pricked conscience that the mind | A |
| Thus entered they the field of milder beasts | C |
| Which in some sort of civil order graze | D |
| And do half homage to the God of Laws | E |
| But are they still for their old ravenous feasts | C |
| Earth gives the edifice they build no base | F |
| They spring another flood of fangs and claws | E |
George Meredith
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