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
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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Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. more…

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