This is an analysis of In The Binnacle by Ambrose Bierce.
The Church's compass, if you please,
Has two or three (or more) degrees…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabcccbcb ddXeeebeb
- Stanza lengths: 9,9,
- Metre: 01010011 11111101 01010 110011101 10111101 11100011 01010 10000101 01010 0010011111 10010101 01000 11010101 01111101 110001001 11010 11010101 01010
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 18
Repeated words/phrases
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