Analysis of Victoria
George Essex Evans 1863 (London) – 1909 (Toowoomba)
White Star of Womanhood, whose rays
Thro’ years of peace and years of stress
Shed wide o’er all thy people’s ways
The light of nobleness—
A memory in their hearts impearled
To nerve thy sons where’er they roam—
Empress and Queen o’er half a World,
Yet Angel of the Home.
Now, when the Shadow of Death has crost
The belt of Empire, sea by sea,
The wide world weeps that freedom lost
A friend like thee,
Who strove for righteousness, who wore
A hero’s soul in woman’s breast:
God fold thee, now thy work is o’er,
In robes of rest.
Death came not to thy fearless eyes
A King of Terrors, but a friend,
Whispering: “Long years of sacrifice
At last shall end.
Sleep, for the stress of Life is o’er,
And on thy heart is laid release;
Lay down the Crown of Empire for
The Crown of Peace.”
Scheme | AXAABCBCBDBDEBEB XBXBEFEF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011 11110111 11111101 0111 01000111 1111111 10011101 110101 11011111 011100111 01111101 0111 11110011 0101011 11111111 0111 11111101 01110101 10011110 1111 11011111 01111101 110111001 0111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 793 |
Words | 152 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 16, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 300 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 75 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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