Analysis of In Contumaciam
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
Och! Father McGlynn,
Ye appear to be in
Fer a bit of a bout wid the Pope;
An' there's divil a doubt
But he's knockin' ye out
While ye're hangin' onto the rope.
An' soon ye'll lave home
To thravel to Rome,
For its bound to Canossa ye are.
Persistin' to shtay
When ye're ordered away
Bedad! that is goin' too far!
| Scheme | AABCCB DDECXE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11001 101110 101101101 11101 11111 11111001 11111 1111 1111111 111 1111001 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 308 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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