This is an analysis of A Man by Ambrose Bierce.
Pennoyer, Governor of Oregon,
Casting to South his eye across the bourne…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: AaXXbcXXddeXfXeddgXabheidXjX AeXkckbXXjXjhcX AjeX gikfdadXiXekdXkA
- Stanza lengths: 28,15,4,16,
- Metre: 1001000101 1001010101 0001010100 0101011001 01001010101 1101110101 0101000101 1111010100 1101011101 0111011001 011001100 10111101110 1110111111 0101000101 1111000111 1100111101 11001000111 1011001111 0111010111 0111011111 0101000101 1101010101 1011010111 1000010101 11111000101 0101000101 1101001011 1101001101 1001000101 1001011101 0101110110 0101010101 1110110111 1101110011 1001110011 0101001110 1111010001 11101011001 1101010110 1101111101 0101010111 0101010001 1100110111 1001000101 1001110100 1101000101 11000111010 01111010101 1001010101 0101110101 0111011101 01001010111 1001000101 1111110111 0011100111 10010011101 11010101100 1001011101 01100000111 0101010111 0101010111 0101010101 1001000101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 63
Repeated words/phrases
his, of, and, as, their, to
Anaphora
the
Epiphora
'