Analysis of Johndonkey
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
Thus the poor ass whose appetite has ne'er
Known than the thistle any sweeter fare
Thinks all the world eats thistles. Thus the clown,
The wit and Mentor of the country town,
Grins through the collar of a horse and thinks
Others for pleasure do as he for drinks,
Though secretly, because unwilling still
In public to attest their lack of skill.
Each dunce whose life and mind all follies mar
Believes as he is all men living are
His vices theirs, their understandings his;
Naught that he knows not, all he fancies, _is_.
How odd that any mind such stuff should boast!
How natural to write it in the _Post_!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101111011 1101010101 1101110101 010110101 1101010101 1011011111 1100010101 0101011111 1111011101 0111111101 1101100101 1111111101 1111011111 1100111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 601 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 482 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 111 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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