Analysis of An Average
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
I ne'er could be entirely fond
Of any maiden who's a blonde,
And no brunette that e'er I saw
Had charms my heart's whole
warmth to draw.
Yet sure no girl was ever made
Just half of light and half of shade.
And so, this happy mean to get,
I love a blonde and a brunette.
| Scheme | AABXB CCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101001 11010101 010111011 11111 111 11111101 11110111 01110111 11010001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 269 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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