This is an analysis of A Hasty Inference by Ambrose Bierce.
The Devil one day, coming up from the Pit,
All grimy with perspiration,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef agaX hXhX baba cgcX bXbX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01011101001 11001010 01011011101 101011010 01110101001 1011010011 11101011001 010010111 11100101001 011111010 11111101001 110110010 11111001101 0010010110 111111010111 110010010 10101011001 010011110 11101101001 111110110 11111111011 110110110 11001101101 100111110 111111001101 1101101010 11001011001 010010110 101101101001 1111111010 11111101110 010011010
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
him, they, them, of, that, '
