This is an analysis of Inspiration by Ambrose Bierce.
O hoary sculptor, stay thy hand:
I fain would view the lettered stone.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababaXXXX
- Stanza lengths: 9,
- Metre: 11010111 11110101 11010111 11010111 11010101 11010101 11100 101 11001001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 9
