Analysis of Detected
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
In Congress once great Mowther shone,
Debating weighty matters;
Now into an asylum thrown,
He vacuously chatters.
If in that legislative hall
His wisdom still he 'd vented,
It never had been known at all
That Mowther was demented.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 0101111 0101010 10110101 111 1011001 11011110 11011111 111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 231 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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