This is an analysis of From Virginia To Paris by Ambrose Bierce.
The polecat, sovereign of its native wood,
Dashes damnation upon bad and good;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccddd eeffXggghhii
- Stanza lengths: 11,12,
- Metre: 0111000101 1001001110 0101010101 1100010011 1001011101 0111010101 11101011101 0101000001 01001010111 0101000101 1001110101 01010010101 0101001001 11110111010 01010101010 11010111001 1011110111 1001010001 0101010100 1100010101 1101011101 0101000101 1110000101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 23
Repeated words/phrases
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