This is an analysis of The Bride by Ambrose Bierce.

“YOU know, my friends, with what a brave carouse
I made a second marriage in my house,—…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 1111010101 1101010011 0111010011 1101000101 1101010001 0111011101 0100011111 1101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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