The Boss's Choice

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



Listen to his wild romances:
He advances foolish fancies,
Each expounded as his 'view'
Gu.

In his brain's opacous clot, ah
He has got a maggot! What a
Man with 'views' to overwhelm us!
Gulielmus.

Hear his demagogic clamor
Hear him stammer in his grammar!
Teaching, he will learn to spell
Gulielmus L.

Slave who paid the price demanded
With two-handed iron branded
By the boss-pray cease to dose us,
Gulielmus L. Jocosus.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXBB XXCA DDEE XXCA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 413
Words 75
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

Ambrose Bierce

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

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