Analysis of Geotheos
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
As sweet as the look of a lover
Saluting the eyes of a maid
That blossom to blue as the maid
Is ablush to the glances above her,
The sunshine is gilding the glade
And lifting the lark out of shade.
Sing therefore high praises, and therefore
Sing songs that are ancient as gold,
Of earth in her garments of gold;
Nor ask of their meaning, nor wherefore
They charm as of yore, for behold!
The Earth is as fair as of old.
Sing songs of the pride of the mountains,
And songs of the strength of the seas,
And the fountains that fall to the seas
From the hands of the hills, and the fountains
That shine in the temples of trees,
In valleys of roses and bees.
Sing songs that are dreamy and tender,
Of slender Arabian palms,
And shadows that circle the palms,
Where caravans out of the splendor,
Are kneeling in blossoms and balms,
In islands of infinite calms.
Barbaric, O Man, was thy runing
When mountains were stained as with wine
By the dawning of Time, and as wine
Were the seas, yet its echoes are crooning,
Achant in the gusty pine
And the pulse of the poet's line.
Scheme | ABBABB XCCACC DEEDEE AFFAFF GHHGHH |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111011010 01001101 11011101 111010010 0111001 01001111 1111001 11111011 11001011 11111011 11111101 01111111 111011010 01101101 001011101 1011010010 11001011 01011001 111110010 11001001 0111001 11011010 11001001 01011001 01011111 11001111 101011011 0011110110 100101 00110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,045 |
Words | 206 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 167 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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