This is an analysis of Alone by Ambrose Bierce.

In contact, lo! the flint and steel,
By sharp and flame, the thought reveal…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 01110111 11110101 11010101 11010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4