This is an analysis of Industrial Discontent by Ambrose Bierce.

As time rolled on the whole world came to be
A desolation and a darksome curse;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc ddddeX fbfbdd gagaff ehehhX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 1111011100 0101010101 1111110111 0011010101 11110101010 01010100010 1111010101 1001010101 1101110101 0101110101 010111010010 0001000110 1101111101 0101110101 1101110111 1011010101 11111101010 01111101010 1111110101 0101110011 10111101001 1101111111 0101010101 111110101 1101011000 0101010111 0101011011 0101011111 011101001010 11010111011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

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