This is an analysis of The Legatee by Ambrose Bierce.
In fair San Francisco a good man did dwell,
And he wrote out a will, for he didn't feel well.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabX bXXX ccdd eebb XXbb ccXb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01101000101 111100111011 11101011001 01011011001 111101001011 0110010010010 101101001111 11101001100 01101101001 11101011001 11001011001 01001001001 01001001011 11001001101 11011011011 01001001001 11101001011 01011101011 11011001001 11101001001 11111101011 01001001111 010010010010 111001111011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
he, and, to
Anaphora
the