Analysis of The Eastern Question
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
Looking across the line, the Grecian said:
'This border I will stain a Turkey red.'
The Moslem smiled securely and replied:
'No Greek has ever for his country dyed.'
While thus each patriot guarded his frontier,
The Powers stole all the country in his rear.
| Scheme | AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain |
| Metre | 1001010101 1101110101 0101010001 1111011101 11110010101 01011010011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 260 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 202 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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