Analysis of The Brothers
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
Scene-_A lawyer's dreadful den.
Enter stall-fed citizen.
CITIZEN.-Sir, same to you.
Called as counsel to retain you
In a case that I'll explain you.
Sad, _so_ sad! Heart almost broke.
Hang it! where's my kerchief? Smoke?
Brother, sir, and I, of late,
Came into a large estate.
Brother's-h'm, ha,-rather queer
Sometimes _(tapping forehead) _here.
What he needs-you know-a 'writ'-
Something, eh? that will permit
Me to manage, sir, in fine,
His estate, as well as mine.
'Course he'll _kick_; 't will break, I fear,
His loving heart-excuse this tear.
LAWYER.-Have you nothing more?
All of this you said before-
When last night I took your case.
CITIZEN.-Why, sir, your face
Ne'er before has met my view!
LAWYER.-Eh? The devil! True:
My mistake-it was your brother.
But you're very like each other.
Scheme | XX AAABBCCDDEEFFDX GGH HA AII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 1011100 1001111 11101011 00111011 111111 1111101 1010111 1010101 10111101 01110101 1111101 1011101 1110101 1011111 11111111 11010111 1011101 1111101 1111111 1001111 1011111 1010101 10111110 11101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 806 |
Words | 141 |
Sentences | 29 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 15, 3, 2, 3 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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