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.''
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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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