This is an analysis of The Psoriad by Ambrose Bierce.
The King of Scotland, years and years ago,
Convened his courtiers in a gallant row…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaX aaXXbbccddcceeffXXcc ccbbggddbbgggg hhiijjjXdXXcckkddiiiihh ffggbbkkjjkX llggkkkkddXbXhjj
- Stanza lengths: 3,20,14,23,12,16,
- Metre: 0101001001 01010000101 11010 1101 0101011111 1101010101 1101010001 11010001011 11010100111 1101110101 1011000111 01010001110 01010110010 010010011001 0111010111 1001110101 01010011101 11110100110 11110101010 1101000101 0101000100 1111100010 10111101110 1111110111 0101000101 01010101010 11110011010 1001010101 1001010001 1101000101 110011000100 01110010010 01010011010 0111011101 11001001111 1011101101 110110101 1101010101 1101001101 11010100111 110100011101 1101110101 0101110001 1101000101 1001010101 1111000101 01110001000 111001100100 11110011010 11010011010 010101101001 1011000101 1111000101 0100110101 0100110101 1111010101 1111000101 10011101001 1101001101 1101110101 11010101010 11010101010 0101010010 0101011111 0101011101 1101010101 1101110001 1101100101 0101011111 1111010001 11011111111 111110101010 0101110111 0101010101 0101001101 1011110001 0101110111 01010101001 1011010111 1111000111 11111111010 01111111010 0101110110 100100101 101010101010 1101010101 1101011111 01110000101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 88
Repeated words/phrases
what, to, of, your, you, in, and
Anaphora
what, a, you've, my, of
Epiphora
one, it, me