Analysis of Another Plan
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
Editor Owen, of San Jose,
Commonly known as 'our friend J.J.'
Weary of scribbling for daily bread,
Weary of writing what nobody read,
Slept one day at his desk and dreamed
That an angel before him stood and beamed
With compassionate eyes upon him there.
Editor Owen is not so fair
In feature, expression, form or limb
But glances like that are familiar to him;
And so, to arrive by the shortest route
At his visitor's will he said, simply: 'Toot.'
'Editor Owen,' the angel said,
'Scribble no more for your daily bread.
Your intellect staggers and falls and bleeds,
Weary of writing what nobody reads.
Eschew now the quill-in the coming years
Homilize man through his idle ears.
Go lecture!' 'Just what I intended to do,'
Said Owen. The angel looked pained and flew.
Editor Owen, of San Jose,
Commonly known as 'our friend J.J.'
Scribbling no more to supply his needs,
Weary of writing what nobody reads,
Passes of life each golden year
Speaking what nobody comes to hear.
Scheme | ABccdde effggcchHiijj ABhHxx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10010111 100111011 1011001101 10110111 11111101 1110011101 1010010111 100101111 010010111 11011101011 0110110101 11100111101 100100101 101111101 110100101 10110111 0110100101 1111101 11011101011 1100101101 10010111 100111011 1001110111 10110111 10111101 1011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 954 |
Words | 181 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 13, 6 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 252 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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