This is an analysis of Art by Ambrose Bierce.

For Gladstone's portrait five thousand pounds
Were paid, 't is said, to Sir John Millais.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa bccb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 1100101101 0110101110 1101101111 010101001 1010111001 1010101001 010010101 001010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8