Analysis of Rimer
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
The rimer quenches his unheeded fires,
The sound surceases and the sense expires.
Then the domestic dog, to east and west,
Expounds the passions burning in his breast.
The rising moon o'er that enchanted land
Pauses to hear and yearns to understand.
| Scheme | AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain |
| Metre | 01010101010 011001010 1001011101 0101010011 01011010101 101101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 277 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 201 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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