Analysis of The Falling Of Thrones
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
Above the din of commerce, above the clamor and rattle
Of labor disputing with riches, of Anarchists' threats and groans,
Above the hurry and hustle and roar of that bloodless battle,
Where men are fighting for riches. I hear the falling of thrones.
I see no savage host, I hear no martial drumming,
But down in the dust at our feet lie the useless crowns of kings;
And the mighty spirit of Progress is steadily coming, coming,
And the flag of one republic abroad to the world he flings.
The Universal Republic, where worth, not birth, is royal;
Where the lowliest born may climb on a self-made ladder to fame;
Where the highest and proudest born, if he be not true and loyal,
Shall find no masking title to cover and gild his shame.
Not with the bellow of guns and not with sabres whetting,
But with growing minds of men is waged this swordless fray;
While over the dim horizon the sun of royalty, setting,
Lights, with a dying splendor, the humblest toiler's way.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD AEAE CFCF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 010111001010010 1100101101100101 0101001001111010 111101101101011 1111011111010 1100111011010111 0010101111001010 001110100110111 00100101111110 10111110111011 1010010111111010 11110101100111 1101011011101 111011111111 1100101001110010 1101010010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 958 |
Words | 177 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 48 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 190 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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