This is an analysis of Another Way by Ambrose Bierce.
I lay in silence, dead. A woman came
And laid a rose upon my breast, and said,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaea
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 1101010101 1101011111 1101001111 1101010111 11110111101 0101010101 10011110111 1101111101 0101111101 0101110111 0101110111 1111000101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
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