This is an analysis of The Van Nessiad by Ambrose Bierce.
From end to end, thine avenue, Van Ness,
Rang with the cries of battle and distress!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddcceeXXbXaXbbb ddffgghhaaiiiXheeiXbbee eXeeddaajjcceeaX kkbbbbbX
- Stanza lengths: 6,15,23,16,8,
- Metre: 0101110111 1001010101 1101000101 1101010101 11001010101 0101110001 1101010101 1111001001 1111111111 11010111001 0101010101 0101010111 1111110111 1111111111 11011110011 11010101010 10100110101 11010111100 1111010111 0101010101 1101110101 1001011101 0101000101 1101010101 0100011101 1100010101 0111010101 11110100101 0101010101 0101010101 1101000111 0101011111 0101010111 0111010111 00010100100 1101110101 1001010101 0101101110 1100010101 1101010101 0101010111 1000110101 1100010101 11001111101 1101111001 10010010101 0100010001 0101010111 110101010010 11010111010 1101010101 1101110101 0101010001 0101010111 10001010101 0110000101 1011111101 0111001001 0101000111 11011111110 1101010001 1001010101 0101010111 1011010101 01000101001 1010010011 1100010111 11111101101101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 68
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
said
Epiphora
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