Analysis of Unexpounded

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



On Evidence, on Deeds, on Bills,
On Copyhold, on Loans, on Wills,
Lawyers great books indite;
The creaking of their busy quills
I've never heard on Right.


Scheme AABAB
Poetic Form Cinquain  (40%)
Metre 11001111 111111 101101 01011101 110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 158
Words 29
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 119
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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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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