This is an analysis of James L. Flood by Ambrose Bierce.
As oft it happens in the youth of day
That mists obscure the sun's imperfect ray,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddd
- Stanza lengths: 9,
- Metre: 1101000101 1101010101 1111000101 10101000101 1101011011 0111010111 1111010101 1101010011 0101110011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 9
Repeated words/phrases
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