This is an analysis of A Voluptuary by Ambrose Bierce.
Who's this that lispeth in the thickening throng
Which crowds to claim distinction in my song?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbccddeeaa
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 10110001001 1101010011 1011110001 0101010001 01010001001 1101000101 1011011101 1101010101 1100010111 0111001101 1101000101 1101011001 1111010111 0111111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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