This is an analysis of A Pickbrain by Ambrose Bierce.

What! imitate me, friend? Suppose that you
With agony and difficulty do…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 1101110111 0100110001 1111001111 0111001111 0101011101 10010100101 1101011001 1111111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

what, i