This is an analysis of To-Day by Ambrose Bierce.
I saw a man who knelt in prayer,
And heard him say:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaB cBcB dbdB ebeB bbbB fbfB ebeB gBgX hbhX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11011101 1111 11110101 01 11010101 1111 11011101 01 11110101 1101 01011101 01 11010101 1101 01001100 01 11110111 0101 01000101 01 11011101 1101 01011111 01 10011101 1101 11110101 01 11010101 1111 11110101 01 11101111 1101 11111101 01
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
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