Analysis of A 'Scion Of Nobility'
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
Come, sisters, weep!-our Baron dear,
Alas! has run away.
If always we had kept him here
He had not gone astray.
Painter and grainer it were vain
To say he was, before;
And if he were, yet ne'er again
He'll darken here a door.
We mourn each matrimonial plan
Even tradesmen join the cry:
He was so promising a man
Whenever he did buy.
He was a fascinating lad,
Deny it all who may;
Even moneyed men confess he had
A very taking way.
So from our tables he is gone
Our tears descend in showers;
We loved the very fat upon.
His kidneys, for 'twas ours.
To women he was all respect
To duns as cold as ice;
No lady could his suit reject,
No tailor get its price.
He raised our hope above the sky;
Alas! alack! and O!
That one who worked it up so high
Should play it down so low!
Scheme | XAXA XBXB CDCD EAEA XFXF GHGH DIDI |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 110110101 011101 1111111 111101 1001101 111101 01101101 110101 11101001 1010101 11110001 010111 1101001 011111 101010111 010101 111010111 10101010 11010101 1101110 11011101 111111 11011101 110111 111010101 01101 11111111 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 752 |
Words | 158 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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