This is an analysis of To A Dejected Poet by Ambrose Bierce.
Thy gift, if that it be of God,
Thou hast no warrant to appraise,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbX acca caac deed
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11010001 11110001 11111111 01110001 11010101 10010100 1101001001 01010011 11010101 11010101 00010101 01111101 11000101 01010001 010100101 01010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
