This is an analysis of An Obituarian by Ambrose Bierce.
Death-poet Pickering sat at his desk,
Wrapped in appropriate gloom;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efeX dfdX ddXd ghgh idid
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1101001101 1001001 0101101100 10101001 1001001001 01011101 11001001011 1100101 10101111101 001111101 00100111001 11011001 0100100111 001001001 10101101001 1100101 11100100101 1101101 01011111011 11111001 01001111001 1101111 11100111101 11100101 1101100101 1110101 10110110101 0100101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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