This is an analysis of Two Shows by Ambrose Bierce.

The showman (blessing in a thousand shapes!)
Parades a 'School of Educated Apes!'…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbccaaddXeffgghhiieeccddjj
  • Stanza lengths: 28,
  • Metre: 0101000101 01010101010 1101010101 1101010101 0101001101 1101011101 0100010010 1101110101 0100010001 1101010111 0101000101 1101001101 0111000101 1111010101 0101010101 0101000101 1010010101 1111010101 0101010101 0101010101 1111010101 0101010101 0101011101 1101011101 1001000111 0100111101 011100000100 110111000100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 28

Anaphora

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