Analysis of A Prayer [Sweet Spirit of Cesspool, hear a mother's prayer]
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
Sweet Spirit of Cesspool, hear a mother's prayer:
Her terrors pacify and offspring spare!
Upon Silurians alone let fall
(And God in Heaven have mercy on them all!)
The red revenges of your fragrant breath,
Hot with the flames invisible of death.
Sing in each nose a melody of smells,
And lead them snoutwise to their several hells!
| Scheme | AABBCCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101110101 01010011 0110111 01010110111 01111101 1101010011 1011010011 011111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 332 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 263 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 58 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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