Analysis of A Dampened Ardor
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
The Chinatown at Bakersfield
Was blazing bright and high;
The flames to water would not yield,
Though torrents drenched the sky
And drowned the ground for miles around
The houses were so dry.
Then rose an aged preacher man
Whom all did much admire,
Who said: 'To force on you my plan
I truly don't aspire,
But streams, it seems, might quench these beams
If turned upon the fire.'
The fireman said: 'This hoary wight
His folly dares to thrust
On _us_! 'Twere well he felt our might
Nay, he shall feel our must!'
With jet of wet and small regret
They laid that old man's dust.
Scheme | ABABXB CDCDXX EFEFXF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010110 110101 01110111 110101 01011101 010011 1111101 111101 11111111 110101 11111111 1101010 01011101 110111 111111101 1111101 11110101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 565 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 149 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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