This is an analysis of Subterranean Phantasies by Ambrose Bierce.
I died. As meekly in the earth I lay,
With shriveled fingers reverently folded,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbcc dedeeff fXfXXbb ghghaii ceceeee bXbXbjj jijXiaa akakXll
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Metre: 1111000111 01010100010 0101010111 10010001010 11011101110 11110001001 1111001011 1111010101 11011100010 01010001001 01000011110 11011101010 1101000101 0101010101 1101110001 110100111100 1011010101 11010101110 11110110010 1001010111 1011010011 1101010101 11110111010 1111010011 11110000110 11000101011 11010100101 0111010001 1111110101 11011101010 1111010011 11010001110 11011101010 1111110101 01010011100 1011110101 101010100100 1011111111 01011111100 11111100010 111110101 011111001 1100011101 01011111010 1100010111 01000101010 11010001110 1101010001 1101000101 1111001111 11111101010 1111110101 11111101110 00110101110 1101000101 1011011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 56
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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Epiphora
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