A Serenade
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
'Sas agapo sas agapo,'
He sang beneath her lattice.
''Sas agapo'?' she murmured-'O,
I wonder, now, what _that_ is!'
Was she less fair that she did bear
So light a load of knowledge?
Are loving looks got out of books,
Or kisses taught in college?
Of woman's lore give me no more
Than how to love,-in many
A tongue men brawl: she speaks them all
Who says 'I love,' in any.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXX XXXX XAXA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 367 |
Words | 78 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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