Analysis of Francine
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
Did I believe the angels soon would call
You, my beloved, to the other shore,
And I should never see you any more,
I love you so I know that I should fall
Into dejection utterly, and all
Love's pretty pageantry, wherein we bore
Twin banners bravely in the tumult's fore,
Would seem as shadows idling on a wall.
So daintily I love you that my love
Endures no rumor of the winter's breath,
And only blossoms for it thinks the sky
Forever gracious, and the stars above
Forever friendly. Even the fear of death
Were frost wherein its roses all would die.
| Scheme | ABBAABBACDECDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101010111 110110101 0111011101 1111111111 01110001 1101000111 110100011 1111100101 11111111 0111010101 0101011101 0101000101 01010100111 0101110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 545 |
| Words | 105 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 433 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 103 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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