This is an analysis of To The Bartholdi Statue by Ambrose Bierce.

O Liberty, God-gifted--
Young and immortal maid--…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dede fgfg ffff aXaX hXhX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1100110 110101 0111100 010111 0101010 010111 0101010 111011 0101000 110001 1011010 010101 1111110 110101 1111110 111111 0111010 110011 1101010 110101 0111010 110111 10011010 011101 0100011 0100100 1101111 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

your, and, for, you

Anaphora

your