Analysis of A Bit Of Science

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



What! photograph in colors? 'Tis a dream
And he who dreams it is not overwise,
If colors are vibration they but seem,
And have no being. But if Tyndall lies,
Why, come, then-photograph my lady's eyes.
Nay, friend, you can't; the splendor of their blue,
As on my own beclouded orbs they rest,
To naught but vibratory motion's due,
As heart, head, limbs and all I am attest.
How could her eyes, at rest themselves, be making
In me so uncontrollable a shaking?


Scheme ABABBCDCDEE
Poetic Form
Metre 110010101 01111111 1101010111 0111011101 111101101 1111010111 11111111 111111 1111011101 11011101110 0110100010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 455
Words 85
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 349
Words per stanza (avg) 83
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 01, 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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