This is an analysis of The Aesthetes by Ambrose Bierce.
The lily cranks, the lily cranks,
The loppy, loony lasses!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXaaXBC adaadBC
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,
- Metre: 01010101 0101010 11010101 01011101 1101010 11100011 110101011 01010101 0111010 010101111 11010101 0101110 11100011 110101011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 14
Anaphora
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