This is an analysis of A Cheating Preacher by Ambrose Bierce.
Munhall, to save my soul you bravely try,
Although, to save my soul, I can't say why.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbXXccaaddeeXffccggeeggeeddhh
- Stanza lengths: 31,
- Metre: 1001111101 1101111111 1101011101 1101110101 11111101010 1101011001 10110001100 11100111010 1111110111 1101010001 110111011000 11010100010 1101110101 0101010100 10010101001 0100010011 0101011111 1111101111 1100010001 11111001010 111011000010 0101000101 1010001101 1100110111 1101010011 11000111010 00110101010 1111010111 0101011011 11110111010 11111100010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 31
Repeated words/phrases
to, save, you, i
Epiphora
it
