This is an analysis of Mad by Ambrose Bierce.
O ye who push and fight
To hear a wanton sing…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb aaaa cbcb aXac cdcd ecec fgfg egeX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 111111 010101 110001 110101 110100 010101 011011 110001 111101 110101 010101 110101 110111 110111 011101 010011 110101 011001 010111 010111 110101 010101 1110101 011001 110101 110101 010101 110101 111101 110101 010101 110111 1000101 0101101 110111 10011
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Anaphora
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