This is an analysis of Over The Border by Ambrose Bierce.

O, justice, you have fled, to dwell
In Mexico, unstrangled,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXab Xcbc dbdX eXeX eeXX ebeb ffff
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11011101 0101100 11111111 11010 111001110 1011010 11010101 11010 11110101 0101110 11011101 111000 01110101 1101010 01010111 01100 01011111 1111111 01011001 01010 10010001 1111011 1101111 11011 11010111 1101010 11011101 11010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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