Analysis of Oneiromancy
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
I fell asleep and dreamed that I
Was flung, like Vulcan, from the sky;
Like him was lamed-another part:
His leg was crippled and my heart.
I woke in time to see my love
Conceal a letter in her glove
Scheme | AABBCC |
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Poetic Form | Sestain |
Metre | 11010111 11110101 11110101 11110011 11011111 01010001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 201 |
Words | 42 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 6 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 153 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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