How can we describe the structure of the short story "The Cop and the Anthem?"

There is nothing particularly unusual about the structure
of the story "The Cop and the Anthem."  Indeed, its structure is fairly
straight-forward.  The tale is told in linear, chronological fashion; that is, events in
the story happen in the order in which they actually happen to the character involved
(no real flashbacks, just him remembering things on occasion.)  It's fairly
standard...if you look, you'll see that the name "Soapy" is within the first few words
of each paragraph.

That said, it is also slightly episodic
in that each of Soapy's encounters is kind of neatly contained as its own little event
in the story.  Little time is spent on the development of each of these into
full-fledged elements and each exists only long enough to demonstrate how Soapy's goal
of being arrested is thwarted.

It is a fairly
strait-forward piece of writing, no less effective for it.