This is an analysis of The New 'Ulalume' by Ambrose Bierce.

The skies they were ashen and sober,
The leaves they were crisped and sere,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXabaXbX
  • Stanza lengths: 9,
  • Metre: 011010110 01101011 11110011 0110010010 011101001 0111011010 111111111 001011001 111101111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 9

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

the