For Tat
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
O, heavenly powers! will wonders never cease?
Hair upon dogs and feathers upon geese!
The boys in mischief and the pigs in mire!
The drinking water wet! the coal on fire!
In meadows, rivulets surpassing fair,
Forever running, yet forever there!
A tail appended to the gray baboon!
A person coming out of a saloon!
Last, and of all most marvelous to see,
A female Yahoo flinging filth at me!
If 'twould but stick I'd bear upon my coat
May Little's proof that she is fit to vote.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABCDDEEFFGG |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 474 |
Words | 90 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
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