This is an analysis of What The Bullet Sang by Francis Bret Harte.

O joy of creation
To be!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbbaaab cacXddda efefdddf
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 110010 00 11001 101 0010111 1011101 1111101 111 1111111 101 0010001 1100 1111101 1010111 1111101 111 001111 11 001111 01 0011111 1110011 111100 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24