Analysis of Exoneration
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
When men at candidacy don't connive,
From that suspicion if their friends would free 'em,
The teeth and nails with which they did not strive
Should be exhibited in a museum.
Scheme | ABAC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111000101 11010111111 0101111111 11010000010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 178 |
Words | 33 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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