Analysis of Art
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
For Gladstone's portrait five thousand pounds
Were paid, 't is said, to Sir John Millais.
I cannot help thinking that such fine pay
Transcended reason's uttermost bounds.
For it seems to me uncommonly queer
That a painted British stateman's price
Exceeds the established value thrice
Of a living statesman over here.
| Scheme | AAXA XBBX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101101 011111111 1101101111 010111 111111001 10101011 010010101 101010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 317 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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