This is an analysis of Borrowed Brains by Ambrose Bierce.

Writer folk across the bay
Take the pains to see and say…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabXccddeeffggbbhhii
  • Stanza lengths: 20,
  • Metre: 1010101 1010111 1110101 1010101 1010101 0010111 0110101 1110101 1010111 1010101 1010011 1000101 1110111 0010101 1010101 1010001 1110001 1010011 1111101 1010111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 20