This is an analysis of Religious Progress by Ambrose Bierce.
Professor dear, I think it queer
That all these good religions…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXb cddd ceee Xbab XeXe Xece XXde cfdf
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01011101 1110010 11111111 1111010 111111001 1110100 01010101 11101110 01010111 1111110 11010101 0111010 11010111 1101110 01110101 0100010 110010101 0111110 11111100 1111010 110111001 0100110 11010101 1111010 11011101 1111010 01010101 1101010 11111110 1111000 11111101 0111010 01110101 1101010 11011111 1100110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
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