This is an analysis of Arthur Mcewen by Ambrose Bierce.

Posterity with all its eyes
Will come and view him where he lies.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXXXXbbXX
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 01000101 01111111 11000101 00010101 1100100 11001101 11011111 01010101 11010111 11111111 01110101 011110010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

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