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 |
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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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