This is an analysis of Bereavement by Ambrose Bierce.
A Countess (so they tell the tale)
Who dwelt of old in Arno's vale,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbccddeXffggaaddeX dddXdd
- Stanza lengths: 22,6,
- Metre: 01011101 11010101 110100101 1101101 11000101 1001101 11011101 11110101 110010101 11010001 11111111 01010111 01010001 01011101 01010011 01110100 01011101 011100001 11111111 11010111 01010101 11110101 11111101 01011101 01110001 11011011 11010101 11110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
of, his
Anaphora
a, his, the
