Analysis of On The Death of Leopold: King of The Belgians
Charles Kingsley 1819 – 1875
A King is dead! Another master mind
Is summoned from the world-wide council hall.
Ah, for some seer, to say what links behind-
To read the mystic writing on the wall!
Be still, fond man: nor ask thy fate to know.
Face bravely what each God-sent moment brings.
Above thee rules in love, through weal and woe,
Guiding thy kings and thee, the King of kings.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 0111010101 1101011101 1111111101 1101010101 1111111111 1101111101 0111011101 1011010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 355 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 137 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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