Analysis of Judgment
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
I drew aside the Future's veil
And saw upon his bier
The poet Whitman. Loud the wail
And damp the falling tear.
'He's dead-he is no more!' one cried,
With sobs of sorrow crammed;
'No more? He's this much more,' replied
Another: 'he is damned!'
| Scheme | AXAX BCBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11010101 010111 01010101 010101 11111111 111101 11111101 010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 244 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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