Analysis of Beecher
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
So, Beecher's dead. His was a great soul, too
Great as a giant organ is, whose reeds
Hold in them all the souls of all the creeds
That man has ever taught and never knew.
When on this mighty instrument He laid
His hand Who fashioned it, our common moan
Was suppliant in its thundering. The tone
Grew more vivacious when the Devil played.
No more those luring harmonies we hear,
And lo! already men forget the sound.
They turn, retracing all the dubious ground
O'er which it led them, pigwise, by the ear.
Scheme | ABBA CDDC EFFE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 111110111 1101010111 1011011101 1111010101 1111010011 11110110101 110110001 1101010101 1111010011 0101010101 11010101001 1011111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 501 |
Words | 96 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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