Analysis of For Merit
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
To Parmentier Parisians raise
A statue fine and large:
He cooked potatoes fifty ways,
Nor ever led a charge.
'_Palmam qui meruit'_-the rest
You knew as well as I;
And best of all to him that best
Of sayings will apply.
Let meaner men the poet's bays
Or warrior's medal wear;
Who cooks potatoes fifty ways
Shall bear the palm-de terre.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD AXAX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 1100001001 01101 11010101 110101 11101 111111 01111111 110101 11010101 11101 11010101 1101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 331 |
Words | 63 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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