Analysis of The Bride
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
“YOU know, my friends, with what a brave carouse
I made a second marriage in my house,—
Divorced old barren Reason from my bed
And took the Daughter of the Vine to spouse.”
So sang the Lord of Poets. In a gleam
Of light that made her like an angel seem,
The Daughter of the Vine said: “I myself
Am Reason, and the Other was a Dream.”
| Scheme | XAXA BBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 1111110101 1101010011 0111010111 0101010111 1101110001 1111011101 010101111 1100010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 345 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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