Analysis of A Culinary Candidate

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



A cook adorned with paper cap,
Or waiter with a tray,
May be a worthy kind of chap
In his way,
But when we want one for Recorder,
Then, Mr. Walton, take our order.


Scheme ABABCC
Poetic Form Sestain
Heroic Sestet
Metre 01011101 110101 11010111 011 111111010 1101011010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 166
Words 36
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 122
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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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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