Analysis of Re-Edified

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



Lord of the tempest, pray refrain
From leveling this church again.
Now in its doom, as so you've willed it,
We acquiesce. But _you'll_ rebuild it.


Scheme ABCC
Poetic Form
Metre 11010101 11001101 101111111 10111011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 151
Words 28
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 113
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 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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