Analysis of Adair Welcker, Poet

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



The Swan of Avon died-the Swan
Of Sacramento'll soon be gone;
And when his death-song he shall coo,
Stand back, or it will kill you too.


Scheme ABCC
Poetic Form
Metre 01110101 11111 01111111 11111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 141
Words 28
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 104
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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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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