This is an analysis of Ad Cattonum by Ambrose Bierce.
I know not, Mr. Catton, who you are,
Nor very clearly why; but you go far…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeXddbbee ffbbggcchhbbgggg cciijjj
- Stanza lengths: 16,16,7,
- Metre: 1111010111 1101011111 0111110101 01001000101 1111110101 0101010101 1111010101 0101110101 1011000101 0110010101 0101010011 0111001101 11000010101 0111110011 010011111010 01001101010 0101010111 0101010101 1101110101 1001001101 1100110101 1100010111 1111010101 1101000101 1111110101 1101111111 0101001101 1001110010 1100010101 0111011101 1001001101 0101110011 1001010011 0101010011 0101100111 10010100101 1101011101 0100010101 1111011111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 39
Repeated words/phrases
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