Analysis of Twin Unworthies
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
Ye parasites that to the rich men stick,
As to the fattest sheep the thrifty tick
Ed'ard to Stanford and to Crocker Ben
(To Ben and Ed'ard many meaner men,
And lice to these)-who do the kind of work
That thieves would have the honesty to shirk
Whose wages are that your employers own
The fat that reeks upon your every bone
And deigns to ask (the flattery how sweet!)
About its health and how it stands the heat,
Hail and farewell! I meant to write about you,
But, no, my page is cleaner far without you.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110111 1101010101 1111001101 1101110101 0111110111 1111010011 1101110101 01110111001 0111010011 0111011101 1011111011 11111101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 501 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 392 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 97 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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