Analysis of A Pickbrain
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
What! imitate me, friend? Suppose that you
With agony and difficulty do
What I do easily-what then? You've got
A style I heartily wish _I_ had not.
If I from lack of sense and you from choice
Grieve the judicious and the unwise rejoice,
No equal censure our deserts will suit
We both are fools, but you're an ape to boot!
| Scheme | AABBCCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110110111 1100010001 1111001111 0111001111 1111110111 10010000101 11010101011 1111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 322 |
| Words | 63 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 250 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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