This is an analysis of Elixer Vitæ by Ambrose Bierce.
Of life's elixir I had writ, when sleep
(Pray Heaven it spared him who the writing read!)…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbcacdd dedXefdfbb gcgXchghiX gigiijXjdd
- Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,10,
- Metre: 0101011111 11001110101 1001110011 0100011111 01001101001 1100011011 1111010101 1101001101 11111100010 101111011110 0101010111 1101110001 1111110001 01110111110 1111011101 1101010111 10010011101 10011110101 11110011010 10001001010 1101010111 1101000101 1101010101 0100010110 1101000101 1111110101 11110101101 1001011101 11111000010 111001101111 1011110111 0011011101 0101011101 01010101001 1101010101 1101010101 11110001010 1111010101 101111101010 11010100010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 43
Repeated words/phrases
my, some, and
