Analysis of Cooperation

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



No more the swindler singly seeks his prey;
To hunt in couples is the modern way
A rascal, from the public to purloin,
An honest man to hide away the coin.


Scheme AABB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11010010111 1101010101 0101010101 1101110101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 160
Words 33
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 121
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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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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