This is an analysis of A Merciful Governor by Ambrose Bierce.
Standing within the triple wall of Hell,
And flattening his nose against a grate…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbaXX cdcddcXX aeaeeaXX bbbbbXbX
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 1001010101 1100010101 0111011101 0101010011 10100010101 1011110111 11010100110 01010001100 0100110011 1101001111 1100010101 1101010001 1111101101 0101110101 01011001110 11111001010 1001010001 11001010001 1001010111 0101001101 1001010101 1101010001 11110001010 11110001000 1011000101 0101010101 0100011101 00101011101 11110000101 1011010110 11010100010 11001111011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
his, of, it
