This is an analysis of Decalogue by Ambrose Bierce.

Thou shalt no God but me adore:
'Twere too expensive to have more.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee dd ee cc XXXcc
  • Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Metre: 11111101 11010011 11001101 11010001 11110101 01100101 11110111 11010111 10110101 11010101 11011111 11111101 11110101 11110101 11110101 01000101 11110101 11110111 10111111 11111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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Epiphora

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