This is an analysis of Poesy by Ambrose Bierce.
Successive bards pursue Ambition's fire
That shines, Oblivion, above thy mire.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXaabb
- Stanza lengths: 6,
- Metre: 01010110010 11010001110 0101010101 1101010101 1110001001 1101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 6
