This is an analysis of Diagnosis by Ambrose Bierce.

Cried Allen Forman: 'Doctor, pray
Compose my spirits' strife:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab aXaX cccX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11011101 011101 11101101 010111 11011101 1101010 11010111 0111000 0110111 110011 01100111 111011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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