Analysis of Y'e Foe To Cathaye
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
O never an oathe sweares he,
And never a pig-taile jerkes;
With a brick-batte he ne lurkes
For to buste y'e crust, perdie,
Of y'e man from over sea,
A-synging as he werkes.
For he knows ful well, y's youth,
A tricke of exceeding worth:
And he plans withouten ruth
A conflagration's birth!
| Scheme | ABBCABDEDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) |
| Metre | 1101111 0100111 1011111 1111111 11111101 01111 1111111 0110101 01111 011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 287 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 219 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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