Analysis of A Bulletin

Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)



'Lothario is very low,'
So all the doctors tell.
Nay, nay, not _so_-he will be, though,
If ever he get well.


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11101 110101 11111111 110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 113
Words 24
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 78
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. more…

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