Analysis of A Rendezvous
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
Nightly I put up this humble petition:
'Forgive me, O Father of Glories,
My sins of commission, my sins of omission,
My sins of the Mission Dolores.'
| Scheme | ABAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10111110010 011110110 111010111010 111010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 154 |
| Words | 30 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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