This is an analysis of Disappointment by Ambrose Bierce.
The Senate woke; the Chairman's snore
Was stilled, its echoes balking;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaab cbccX cXccX aXaaX
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 01010101 1101010 01010111 11111101 1100110 11010001 1001110 11110101 11110111 0101110 11011101 0101011 01011101 01010101 1111110 10110101 1101110 11111111 10010011 1101010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
his
Anaphora
the