Analysis of For Wounds
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
O bear me, gods, to some enchanted isle
Where woman's tears can antidote her smile.
Scheme | AA |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 1111110101 110111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 90 |
Words | 17 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 2 |
Lines Amount | 2 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 65 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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