This is an analysis of Substance Versus Shadow by Ambrose Bierce.
So, gentle critics, you would have me tilt,
Not at the guilty, only just at Guilt!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbcXXXddaaeeeeffaXggaagghhXiiggjjggccc
- Stanza lengths: 42,
- Metre: 1101011111 1101010111 1001010101 1111000001 11110101001 1011001101 11001110101 1001110111 1111010101 0111011111 0101010101 1111111101 1010111001 0101010101 1101010101 0101110111 1101011101 1101010111 11111101001 1101010101 1101011101 01011100101 0111000111 1111001101 0101010011 1101100001 1001001101 0111011101 1000011101 11010101101 011000101000 1011010101 0110010001 0101010101 0111010101 1011010101 0101010011 1101010011 1101110101 0101001101 0101011001 01011111011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 42
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