This is an analysis of For A Certain Critic by Ambrose Bierce.
Let lowly themes engage my humble pen
Stupidities of critics, not of men.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbaabbaacccbd eeffgg hhddXXeX iijjddkkllXddkkaa
- Stanza lengths: 15,6,8,17,
- Metre: 1101011101 1000010101 00111010001 0010010101 11011010001 010010001 1001001101 0101000101 11010000101 0011010101 1100110101 11010000101 010111111 0101010101 0101000101 01010100111 1001010101 0101010001 0101010001 0101000101 0100010001 0111011101 0100010111 0111010111 0101010001 01011111010 01110101010 1101010101 1100011011 1101010111 0101010101 1100110101 1111001101 1101010101 0101111101 0101111001 0101100001 1100110101 1101010101 1101011101 0101010101 0101010101 1111010001 110001010010 01010111010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 45
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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