Analysis of Politics
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
That land full surely hastens to its end
Where public sycophants in homage bend
The populace to flatter, and repeat
The doubled echoes of its loud conceit.
Lowly their attitude but high their aim,
They creep to eminence through paths of shame,
Till, fixed securely in the seats of pow'r,
The dupes they flattered they at last devour.
| Scheme | AABBCCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111010111 11010101 0100110001 0101011101 101101111 1111001111 11010001111 01110111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 334 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 268 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 58 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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