This is an analysis of Election Day by Ambrose Bierce.
Despots effete upon tottering thrones
Unsteadily poised upon dead men's bones,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabbaaXXXaccaabbdd eecceecc ffggaaXbb
- Stanza lengths: 18,8,9,
- Metre: 10010110010 1000101111 111101001 10100100111 1001011011 1000111001 100101100 1100100101 1001110110 1001001011 1001001101 1100101001 1010001001 101101111 100100101 11001001001 10111001001 11011001101 1101000101 11001001001 11001101001 0100100101 101011101 0010100101 110000101 100100111 01001001001 1001011011 1010100101 1110000101 111001001 1101100101 111001001 010110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 34
Repeated words/phrases
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