This is an analysis of The Hesitating Veteran by Ambrose Bierce.
When I was young and full of faith
And other fads that youngsters cherish…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXXXabab cdcdcece fafagdgd aXahigig fhfhebeb cXcefbfb ejejfifi eXehgggg
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11111101 110111010 01110111 010011110 11010111 010101010 01111101 110111010 1010110101 110111110 11010111 110110110 01010101 110111010 11110101 111100110 01011111 110101010 01010101 011100010 11011101 110011010 11111111 110111110 11010101 011111100 10110101 010101110 01110111 110111111 11011001 110011111 11110111 1001001010 11011111 010100010 10111101 110111110 01110101 110001010 11110101 0101111000 11110101 111100110 110110011 010101010 10010001 111100110 01110111 110111010 11010011 111010010 11011101 111100010 11110101 110001010 010110101 111101010 111110111 1101110110 11011101 111100011 11110111 111111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 64
Repeated words/phrases
and, of, i
Anaphora
and
