This is an analysis of Ad Moodium by Ambrose Bierce.
Tut! Moody, do not try to show
To gentlemen and ladies…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeaa fgfg cece haha icic Xjhj akak
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11011101 0100110 10111111 11010 10011111 1111010 01110111 01010 01110111 0111010 11110001 11111 101110101 0101010 11011111 11010 11011101 1111010 11110101 01010 11010001 0111110 110101001 11011 01010111 1101011 11111101 11111 11010101 1101010 11011101 11010 11111101 0100110 11111110 11010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
to, i, you
