Analysis of The King Of Bores

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



Abundant bores afflict this world, and some
Are bores of magnitude that-come and-no,
They're always coming, but they never go
Like funeral pageants, as they drone and hum
Their lurid nonsense like a muffled drum,
Or bagpipe's dread unnecessary flow.
But one superb tormentor I can show
Prince Fiddlefaddle, Duc de Feefawfum.
He the johndonkey is who, when I pen
Amorous verses in an idle mood
To nobody, or of her, reads them through
And, smirking, says he knows the lady; then
Calls me sly dog. I wish he understood
This tender sonnet's application too.


Scheme ABBAABBACDECFE
Poetic Form
Metre 0101011101 111101101 111011101 11001011101 1101010101 11101001 110110111 11111 10111111 1001001101 11110111 0101110101 111111101 11010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 549
Words 97
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 439
Words per stanza (avg) 95
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 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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