Analysis of Democracy
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
Let slaves and subjects with unvaried psalms
Before their sovereign execute salaams;
The freeman scorns one idol to adore
Tom, Dick and Harry and himself are four.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11010111 01110101 0101110101 1101000111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 168 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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