Analysis of The Genesis Of Embarrassment

Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)



When Adam first saw Eve he said:
'O lovely creature, share my bed.'
Before consenting, she her gaze
Fixed on the greensward to appraise,
As well as vision could avouch,
The value of the proffered couch.
And seeing that the grass was green
And neatly clipped with a machine-
Observing that the flow'rs were rare
Varieties, and some were fair,
The posts of precious woods, besprent
With fragrant balsams, diffluent,
And all things suited to her worth,
She raised her angel eyes from earth
To his and, blushing to confess,
Murmured: 'I love you, Adam-yes.'
Since then her daughters, it is said,
Look always down when asked to wed.


Scheme AABBCCDDEEAAFFGGAA
Poetic Form
Metre 11011111 11010111 01010101 1101101 1111011 01010101 01010111 01011001 01010101 01000101 0111011 11011 01110101 11010111 11010101 10111101 11010111 1111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 618
Words 113
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 491
Words per stanza (avg) 109
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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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