This is an analysis of A Promised Fast Train by Ambrose Bierce.
I turned my eyes upon the Future's scroll
And saw its pictured prophecies unroll.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aX bb cc dd ee ff gg hhXaa
- Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Metre: 1111010101 1101010010 1111001101 10110100101 1101010101 1101010011 1101010101 1111010101 1101100111 1011010111 1011010001 1111011101 0101110101 1101010101 1101110101 1101010001 1101010101 1101110011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 18
