This is an analysis of Johndonkey by Ambrose Bierce.
Thus the poor ass whose appetite has ne'er
Known than the thistle any sweeter fare…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddaaeeff
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1011110111 1101010101 1101110101 0111100101 1101000111 1011011111 1100010101 0100011101 1111111101 0111011101 0101100100 1111111100 1111011111 1100010001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
all, he
Anaphora
how
