This is an analysis of On A Proposed Crematory by Ambrose Bierce.
When a fair bridge is builded o'er the gulf
Between two cities, some ambitious fool,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcdeXfgeXefXhifaeabXgfhfhfddgXhehhiXfhggcgd
- Stanza lengths: 44,
- Metre: 10110101001 0111010101 11010111001 0101010101 1101001101 10100111110 1001110100 1101010001 1111000100 0101001101 1001011101 1101010111 0101011101 0111010111 1111010111 0101001101 11100010110 01010101001 11010010110 0101010011 11101010101 1101010101 1101111001 11001001110 1101010011 11110101111 0101110001 1101001101 0101010001 1101000101 1101010111 100010010101 0101010001 1001010111 0101010100 11000010011 111111110 1101001111 1001000001 1101010001 11000010101 0100110111 110010011 1101000011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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