This is an analysis of The Piute by Ambrose Bierce.
Unbeautiful is the Piute!
Howe'er bedecked with bravery,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaab XccX dcXd eXae fggf bXXb haah iXai
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1000001 100010100 01000100 011101 11010101 01010100 11000100 100110 01010101 11100100 11011100 010001 01010001 11001000 11010100 110111 11010101 1000100 01010100 111101 11010101 11110100 11000100 100001 11011001 01000100 01000100 110001 11110101 01001000 11000100 010100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
it
Anaphora
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