This is an analysis of Cain by Ambrose Bierce.
Lord, shed thy light upon his desert path,
And gild his branded brow, that no man spill…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abba Xccc bccb deed caac effe
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1111010101 1101011111 0101011100 1111010001 0101011010 01001010001 0101010001 0101010101 1001011111 1101011001 10110001001 1011001100 1101010101 0101110101 11010010101 1111010101 1111010011 1101000101 1111010101 1101110111 1111010111 1100010011 1011110111 1101110001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
his, to, you
Anaphora
the