This is an analysis of Francine by Ambrose Bierce.
Did I believe the angels soon would call
You, my beloved, to the other shore,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdecde
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 0101010111 1101000101 1111011101 1111111111 0010010011 1101000111 1101000101 11111100101 1100111111 0111000101 1101010101 0101010101 01010100101 0101010111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
i, you
Anaphora
forever