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
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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Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. more…

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