Analysis of A Dead Kings Greed



King George, my late king of Britain,
Oh how the colonies forever have you smitten,
Controlling laws of lands you thought you had mastered,
Hah! in the end, you were remembered as some old, greedy bastard.
As powerful, and strong as you have surely claimed to be,
You were run through by young beaten down teens.
You had a good run, I’ll give you that my Lord
But at the end of your life, you were both death and blind,
Dementia ruled over your mind,
But yet your love for power stayed
You ruled your kingdom
Though you might as well be dead from a blade,
However, you shaped America for the better, in the end, dare I say.
Still, though, I’m glad we didn’t stay.


Scheme AABBCDEFFGHGII
Poetic Form
Metre 11111110 1101000101110 010111111110 1001100101111010 11000111110111 1011111011 11011111111 1101111101101 010011011 11111101 11110 1111111101 101101001010001111 1111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 656
Words 126
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 512
Words per stanza (avg) 126
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Submitted by Z Simon on April 11, 2018

Modified on April 04, 2023

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Zane Simon

Zane Simon is an inspiring American poet and writes poetry for himself, and others his works include, Regret, Cats Of Piracy, and A Dead Man's Greed. more…

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