This is an analysis of Piety by Ambrose Bierce.

The pig is taught by sermons and epistles
To think the God of Swine has snout and bristles.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XX X
  • Stanza lengths: 2,1,
  • Metre: 01011101100 01010111110 100
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 3