This is an analysis of Again by Ambrose Bierce.

Well, I've met her again-at the Mission.
She'd told me to see her no more;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdXd ecec eXeX afaX acac efeX ghgh
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1110011010 11101011 0110010010 1100101 110010111 01001001 011110110 10101001 111110010 01001011 110010010 11101001 1110011110 01001111 111110110 01101111 1110010110 11001101 1111011010 111110010 1110111010 0110011 0110011010 10111011 110011110 1111001 011110010 11001011 0110111010 11011011 011011010 01101000
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

her, and