Analysis of Inspiration
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
O hoary sculptor, stay thy hand:
I fain would view the lettered stone.
What carvest thou?-perchance some grand
And solemn fancy all thine own.
For oft to know the fitting word
Some humble worker God permits.
'Jain Ann Meginnis,
Agid 3rd.
He givith His beluved fits.'
| Scheme | ABABCDDAD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (44%) |
| Metre | 11010111 11110101 1110111 01010111 11110101 11010101 111 11 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 266 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 209 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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