This is an analysis of Judex Judicatus by Ambrose Bierce.
Judge Armstrong, when the poor have sought your aid,
To be released from vows that they have made…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccccaaaddcceeccffgghhcc aaiijjaakkggll
- Stanza lengths: 27,14,
- Metre: 1111011111 0001011111 0111000101 1111000101 110111111 1101000101 01011011101 0100010011 1100010101 0111110001 1111010001 110111001 1101110111 0111010101 1111001111 1101110101 0100010011 1101010101 0101000101 0101010100 0101010101 0101010101 0101010101 0111001111 1100111011 1111010101 1101010011 1101010101 1101010101 1011001101 1111010001 1001010111 0101010101 0001111001 0101010001 01010111000 0101001101 1101010101 01010101001 0101000101 1101110111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 41
Repeated words/phrases
and, chink, to
Anaphora
and, the
