This is an analysis of Nanine by Ambrose Bierce.
We heard a song-bird trilling
'T was but a night ago.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab acac dedeXaaaa
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,9,
- Metre: 1101110 1110101 1101110 110111 0101010 010001 1100010 010101 0101011 111101 1010111 111111 1001010 111101 0111110 1010111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16