Analysis of Psychographs

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



Says Gerald Massey: 'When I write, a band
Of souls of the departed guides my hand.'
How strange that poems cumbering our shelves,
Penned by immortal parts, have none themselves


Scheme AABB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1101011101 1110010111 111101101 1101011101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 181
Words 33
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 140
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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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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