This is an analysis of 'Phil' Crimmins by Ambrose Bierce.

Still as he climbed into the public view
His charms of person more apparent grew,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 1111000101 0101010101 1011110101 1100110101 0101000101 1101010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6

Repeated words/phrases

his