Analysis of The Committee On Public Morals

Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)



The Senate met in Sacramento city;
On public morals it had no committee
Though greatly these abounded. Soon the quiet
Was broken by the Senators in riot.
Now, at the end of their contagious quarrels,
There's a committee but no public morals.


Scheme AABBCC
Poetic Form Sestain
Metre 0101001010 11010111010 11010101010 11010100010 11011101010 10010111010
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 244
Words 44
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 193
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. more…

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