This is an analysis of A Controversialist by Ambrose Bierce.
I've sometimes wished that Ingersoll were wise
To hold his tongue, nor rail against the skies;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXX bbXbXbbbb
- Stanza lengths: 4,9,
- Metre: 1011110001 0101110101 1111011101 1100010010 1101100101 1100011100 1111100111 1101010001 10100110101 10101110100 1111110101 1111010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
