This is an analysis of Polyphemus by Ambrose Bierce.

Twas a sick young man with a face ungay
And an eye that was all alone;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bbbb bcbX dede cfcX Xccc fefX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1011100110 11111101 1110100101 11110111 110110011 110101 11111010101 0111101 1110101111 1101101 1011100101 01011010 111110111 1100101 1101100011 01001001 1100110101 110101 1011101101 1010101 1111011100 11100001 0101100001 1011101 1110100111 11101001 1010011111 1101111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 34

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