Analysis of Samuel Shortridge
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
Like a worn mother he attempts in vain
To still the unruly Crier of his brain:
The more he rocks the cradle of his chin
The more uproarious grows the brat within.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1011010101 11001010111 0111010111 01110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 167 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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