This is an analysis of An Imposter by Ambrose Bierce.

Must you, Carnegie, evermore explain
Your worth, and all the reasons give again…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccddbbeeccaa
  • Stanza lengths: 18,
  • Metre: 1110010101 1111010101 1111110001 1111100001 1111010101 0111010101 10010111010 10110111010 1101010111 1101011111 0111011101 1111001101 1101001101 1100010001 1101011101 1111111110 0101001101 0101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

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