Analysis of A New National Anthem
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 (Horsham) – 1822 (Lerici)
I.
God prosper, speed,and save,
God raise from England’s grave
Her murdered Queen!
Pave with swift victory
The steps of Liberty,
Whom Britons own to be
Immortal Queen.
II.
See, she comes throned on high,
On swift Eternity!
God save the Queen!
Millions on millions wait,
Firm, rapid, and elate,
On her majestic state!
God save the Queen!
III.
She is Thine own pure soul
Moulding the mighty whole,--
God save the Queen!
She is Thine own deep love
Rained down from Heaven above,--
Wherever she rest or move,
God save our Queen!
IV.
‘Wilder her enemies
In their own dark disguise,--
God save our Queen!
All earthly things that dare
Her sacred name to bear,
Strip them, as kings are, bare;
God save the Queen!
V.
Be her eternal throne
Built in our hearts alone--
God save the Queen!
Let the oppressor hold
Canopied seats of gold;
She sits enthroned of old
O’er our hearts Queen.
VI.
Lips touched by seraphim
Breathe out the choral hymn
‘God save the Queen!’
Sweet as if angels sang,
Loud as that trumpet’s clang
Wakening the world’s dead gang,--
God save the Queen!
Scheme | abbcdddc aadCeeeC affCggxC bxxChhhC diiCjjjc axxCkkkC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 11011 111101 0101 111100 011100 110111 0101 1 111111 110100 1101 101101 110001 100101 1101 1 111111 100101 1101 111111 1111001 0101111 11101 1 100100 011101 11101 110111 010111 111111 1101 1 100101 1010101 1101 100101 1111 11111 11011 1 1111 110101 1101 111101 111101 10111 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,037 |
Words | 198 |
Sentences | 21 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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