This is an analysis of A Rendezvous by Ambrose Bierce.

Nightly I put up this humble petition:
'Forgive me, O Father of Glories,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 10111010010 101110010 110010110010 110010100
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4

Repeated words/phrases

of, sins, my

Anaphora

my