Analysis of Elegy
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
The cur foretells the knell of parting day;
The loafing herd winds slowly o'er the lea;
The wise man homewards plods; I only stay
To fiddle-faddle in a minor key.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 011011101 0111101001 011111101 110100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 190 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 29, 2023
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