This is an analysis of Tinker Dick by Ambrose Bierce.

Good Parson Dickson preached, I'm told,
A sermon-ah, 'twas very old…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaabba ccdeed
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 01010101 01011101 110101 11011111 01011111 1110011 11010111 0101111 111101 11011111 11010101 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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