This is an analysis of Peace by Ambrose Bierce.

When lion and lamb have together lain down
Spectators cry out, all in chorus;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX abab
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 11011101011 100111010 1110110101 010010011 110101110110 111010110 10111100101 010010110
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

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