Analysis of To Her
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
O, Sinner A, to me unknown
Be such a conscience as your own!
To ease it you to Sinner B
Confess the sins of Sinner C.
Scheme | AABB |
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Poetic Form | Balliol rhyme Quatrain Tanaga |
Metre | 11001101 11010111 11111101 01011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 122 |
Words | 28 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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