Analysis of To One Detested
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
Sir, you're a veteran, revealed
In history and fable
As warrior since you took the field,
Defeating Abel.
As Commissary later (or
If not, in every cottage
The tale is) you contracted for
A mess of pottage.
In civil life you were, we read
(And our respect increases)
A man of peace-a man, indeed,
Of thirty pieces.
To paying taxes when you turned
Your mind, or what you call so,
A wide celebrity you earned
Saphira also.
In every age, by various names,
You've won renown in story,
But on your present record flames
A greater glory.
Cain, Esau, and Iscariot, too,
And Ananias, likewise,
Each had peculiar powers, but who
Could lie as Mike lies?
Scheme | ABAB CDCD XEXE FGFG HIHI JKJK |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11010001 0100010 110011101 01010 1100101 11010010 01111001 0111 01011011 01001010 01110101 11010 11010111 1111111 01010011 01010 0100111001 1101010 11110011 01010 11001001 011 110101011 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 627 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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