Analysis of The King On The Tower
William Makepeace Thackeray 1811 – 1863
The cold gray hills they bind me around,
The darksome valleys lie sleeping below,
But the winds as they pass o'er all this ground,
Bring me never a sound of woe!
Oh! for all I have suffered and striven,
Care has embittered my cup and my feast;
But here is the night and the dark blue heaven,
And my soul shall be at rest.
O golden legends writ in the skies!
I turn towards you with longing soul,
And list to the awful harmonies
Of the Spheres as on they roll.
My hair is gray and my sight nigh gone;
My sword it rusteth upon the wall;
Right have I spoken, and right have I done:
When shall I rest me once for all?
O blessed rest! O royal night!
Wherefore seemeth the time so long
Till I see you stars in their fullest light,
And list to their loudest song?
Scheme | ABAB CXCX XDXD XECE FGFG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 011111101 011011001 10111110111 11100111 1111110010 1101011011 11101001110 0111111 110101001 110111101 011010100 1011111 111101111 11110101 1111001111 11111111 1111101 110111 1111101101 0111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 745 |
Words | 153 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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