Analysis of The King [ I ]
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
AMONG the sons of Englishmen
Full many feel like real tears,
For, though he reigned but scarcely ten,
He bore the burden many years.
He lived the dead past doubly down,
He shamed, by manliness and truth,
The lies that beat about a crown,
And round a known man in his youth.
For he had lived as men have done
Since Adam’s time, to prove them true.
He proved it in his manhood’s prime,
And to the end, as strong men do.
And so he died, and, ever since,
And on through years the words shall ring:
“He lived a man, he lived a prince,
And died a gentleman and King.”
Unto the friends of his hot youth,
In his wise age, he still was true.
He showed, by steadfastness and truth,
What kings as well as men can do;
Till all was manlike or forgot,
Long years ere he found his release;
He made them loyal who were not,
He won respect, and kept the peace.
Scheme | AXXXBCBC ADXDEFEF CDCDGHGH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101110 1101111 11111101 11010101 11011101 111101 01110101 01011011 11111111 11011111 1110111 01011111 01110101 01110111 11011101 01010001 10011111 01111111 1111001 11111111 1111101 11111101 11110101 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 836 |
Words | 170 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 214 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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