Analysis of Ignis Fatuus
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
Weep, weep, each loyal partisan,
For Buckley, king of hearts;
A most accomplished man; a man
Of parts-of foreign parts.
Long years he ruled with gentle sway,
Nor grew his glory dim;
And he would be with us to-day
If we were but with him.
Men wondered at his going off
In such a sudden way;
'Twas thought, as he had come to scoff
He would remain to prey.
Since he is gone we're all agreed
That he is what men call
A crook: his very steps, indeed,
Are bent-to Montreal.
So let our tears unhindered flow,
Our sighs and groans have way:
It matters not how much we Oh!
The devil is to pay.
Scheme | XAXA BCBC DBDB EFEF GBGB |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11110100 110111 01010101 111101 11111101 111101 01111111 110111 11011101 010101 11111111 110111 11111101 111111 01110101 11101 111010101 1010111 11011111 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 573 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 03, 2023
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