This is an analysis of Francine by Ambrose Bierce.

Did I believe the angels soon would call
You, my beloved, to the other shore,…

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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