Analysis of Fame [He held a book in his knotty paws]
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
He held a book in his knotty paws,
And its title grand read he:
'The Chronicles of the Kings' it was,
By the History Companee.
'I'm a monarch,' he said
(But a tear he shed)
'And my picter here you see.
'Great and lasting is my renown,
However the wits may flout
As wide almost as this blessed town'
(But he winced as if with gout).
'I paid 'em like sin
For to put me in,
But it's O, and O, to be out!'
| Scheme | XAXBCCA BDBDBBD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101101 0110111 010010111 101001 10111 10111 011111 10101101 100111 1111111 1111111 11111 11110 11101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 396 |
| Words | 88 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 7 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 145 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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