This is an analysis of For Wounds by Ambrose Bierce.

O bear me, gods, to some enchanted isle
Where woman's tears can antidote her smile.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aa
  • Stanza lengths: 2,
  • Metre: 1111010101 1101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 2