This is an analysis of Down Among The Dead Men by Ambrose Bierce.
Within my dark and narrow bed
I rested well, new-laid:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc adaX efef gaga Xggg ahah didi ghgh egeX hbhX gegX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01111101 110111 11011101 010001 01010111 011101 01010111 110101 11011101 111101 01011111 1101100 11001111 111101 11000101 110101 11011101 110101 111101011 110101 1101100 010101 11011101 110111 110010101 0100101 11111001 011101 101000101 111001 110011111 0100101 11110110 011101 11011100 110111 11011101 011101 11110001 0100010 11010101 011001 01010101 110101 11010101 010101 11110111 010011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
my, it, to
Anaphora
i, my