This is an analysis of The Gates Ajar by Ambrose Bierce.
The Day of Judgment spread its glare
O'er continents and seas.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cccc XdXd ecec fgfg hahX fbbb fXfX cici XXXX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01010101 1010011 01110101 110101 10010101 010111 01000101 110101 11110101 010011 01011111 110101 11010101 100101 11000101 110101 11010101 011101 11011111 110111 11100001 010101 11110011 0100010 01011101 110101 11010101 010101 110101010 110101 110101010 010101 11110101 110101 01010011 110101 11010110 110111 11110101 011000
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 40
