This is an analysis of Laus Lucis by Ambrose Bierce.
Each to his taste: some men prefer to play
At mystery, as others at piquet.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXaabbccddeeffgghhcceeee
- Stanza lengths: 24,
- Metre: 1001110101 1100110110 1101010101 0101010111 1100010101 1101110101 0101110010 0101010101 1101010011 1101111101 1101000101 01011010001 0111010101 1101000101 1011010101 1101010100 1101011001 1101110001 1111010101 0101010111 1101000101 0111000111 1001111101 0101000011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
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