Analysis of Accepted
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
Charles Shortridge once to St. Peter came.
'Down!' cried the saint with his face aflame;
''Tis writ that every hardy liar
Shall dwell forever and ever in fire!'
'That's what I said the night that I died,'
The sinner, turning away, replied.
'What! _you_ said that?' cried the saint-'what! what!
_You_ said 'twas so writ? Then, faith, 'tis _not!_
I'm a devil at quoting, but I begin
To fail in my memory. Pray walk in.'
Scheme | AABBCCDCEE |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 110111101 110111101 1111001010 11010010010 111101111 010100101 111110111 111111111 10101101101 1101100110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 416 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 307 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 75 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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