Analysis of A Fish Commissioner
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
Great Joseph D. Redding-illustrious name!
Considered a fish-horn the trumpet of Fame.
That goddess was angry, and what do you think?
Her trumpet she filled with a gallon of ink,
And all through the Press, with a devilish glee,
She sputtered and spattered the name of J.D.
| Scheme | AABBCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011001001 01001101011 11011001111 01011101011 0110110101 1100100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 274 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 213 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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