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.'
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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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