Analysis of 'Died Of A Rose'

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



A reporter he was, and he wrote, wrote he:
'The grave was covered as thick as could be
With floral tributes'-which reading,
The editor man he said, he did so:
'For 'floral tributes' he's got for to go,
For I hold the same misleading.'
Then he called him in and he pointed sweet
To a blooming garden across the street,
Inquiring: 'What's them a-growing?'
The reporter chap said: 'Why, where's your eyes?
Them's floral tributes!' 'Arise, arise,'
The editor said, 'and be going.'


Scheme AABCCBDDBEEB
Poetic Form
Metre 00101101111 0111011111 1101110 0100111111 1101011111 11101010 1111001101 1010100101 010011010 0010111111 11010101 010010110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 473
Words 90
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 355
Words per stanza (avg) 83
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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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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