Analysis of Discretion
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
SHE:
I'm told that men have sometimes got
Too confidential, and
Have said to one another what
They-well, you understand.
I hope I don't offend you, sweet,
But are you sure that _you're_ discreet?
'Tis true, sometimes my friends in wine
Their conquests _do_ recall,
But none can truly say that mine
Are known to him at all.
I never, never talk you o'er
In truth, I never get the floor.
| Scheme | XXXXXAA BCBCXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1 11111011 10100 11110101 11101 11110111 11111101 11011101 1111 11110111 111111 110101110 01110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 383 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 148 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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