Analysis of A Warning
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
Cried Age to Youth: 'Abate your speed!
The distance hither's brief indeed.'
But Youth pressed on without delay
The shout had reached but half the way
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Balliol rhyme Quatrain Tanaga |
| Metre | 11110111 0101101 11110101 01111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 154 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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