Analysis of An Ode To The King, At His Returning From Scotland To The Queen, After His Coronation There

Sir Henry Wotton 1568 (parish) – 1639 (chapel of Eton College)



Rouse up thy self, my gentle Muse,
Though now our green conceits be gray,
And yet once more do not refuse
To take thy Phrygian Harp, and play
In honour of this chearful Day.

Make first a Song of Joy and Love,
Which chastely flame in Royal Eyes;
Then tune it to the Spheres above
When the benignest Stars do rise,
And sweet Conjunctions grace the Skies.

To this let all good Hearts resound,
While Diadems invest his Head:
Long may he live, whose Life doth bound
More then his Laws, and better Lead
By high Example, then by Dread.

Long may He round about Him see
His Roses and His Lillies bloom:
Long may His only Dear and He
Joy in Ideas of their own,
And Kingdoms Hopes so timely sown;
Long may they both contend to prove,
That best of Crowns is such a Love.


Scheme ABABB CDCDD EFEFF GXGHHXC
Poetic Form
Metre 11111101 11101111 01111101 111100101 011111 11011101 1110101 11110101 101111 01010101 1111111 110111 11111111 11110101 11010111 11110111 1100111 11110101 10010111 01011101 11110111 11111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 745
Words 149
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 7
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 148
Words per stanza (avg) 37
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Sir Henry Wotton

Sir Henry Wotton was an English author, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 and 1625. more…

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