This is an analysis of An Augury by Ambrose Bierce.
Upon my desk a single spray,
With starry blossoms fraught.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX dXdX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 01110101 010101 110101101 1011001 110011111 1001110 01111101 011001 11110011 1110110 01010111 0101001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Anaphora
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