This is an analysis of For Mayor by Ambrose Bierce.
O Abner Doble-whose 'catarrhal name'
Budd of that ilk might envy-'tis a rough…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaaXXaaXbcdbcd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 11010110010 1011110101 1101100101 1100011001 01010101010 0101010001 0101011101 1101111100 1101011101 1111001101 11011111010 1100011111 0101010101 11000111010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
