Analysis of Egotist

Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)



Megaceph, chosen to serve the State
In the halls of legislative debate,
One day with his credentials came
To the capitol's door and announced his name.
The doorkeeper looked, with a comical twist
Of the face, at the eminent egotist,
And said: 'Go away, for we settle here
All manner of questions, knotty and queer,
And we cannot have, when the speaker demands
To know how every member stands,
A man who to all things under the sky
Assents by eternally voting 'I.''


Scheme AABBCCDEFFGG
Poetic Form
Metre 1101101 001110001 11110101 10100100111 0101101001 10110100100 0110111101 1101101001 01101101001 111100101 0111111001 110100101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 461
Words 86
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 364
Words per stanza (avg) 83
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 14, 2023

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Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. more…

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