This is an analysis of Consolation by Ambrose Bierce.

Little's the good to sit and grieve
Because the serpent tempted Eve.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb bbcc ddee
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 10000111 01010101 10011111 011111101 11111101 110010101 101111101 110101111 101011101 010001101 0010100101 1010011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

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