This is an analysis of The Convicts' Ball by Ambrose Bierce.
San Quentin was brilliant. Within the halls
Of the noble pile with the frowning walls…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeXXfXeeffggeeXXhhcXiiiijjaaXfXhhff
- Stanza lengths: 43,
- Metre: 1101100101 0010100101 111010101 00100100101 1010110011 0010100111 11001001001 0110100101 1101111111 10101110101 1110111101 10101100010 1001001011 1001010110 10001001001 1011011001 1001011001 01100101 1001001001 01011011001 01001001001 10100100111 100111011 1100110101 0100100101 11001001001 1011001001 0110100101 11011001001 10111101001 11111001001 01001011001 1010011101 01010001001 101101101 01101011001 11001011011 11111101011 10100101001 0101110101 1101100101 1101101001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 42
Repeated words/phrases
of, his, ', ball, and, from
Anaphora
the
Epiphora
'
