Analysis of God save the King
Fay Inchfawn 1880 (Portishead) – 1978 ( Freshford)
GOD SAVE OUR GRACIOUS KING. (It seems
The Church is full of bygone dreams.)
LONG LIVE OUR NOBLE KING. (My own,
'Tis hard to stand here all alone.)
GOD SAVE THE KING. (But, sweetheart, you
Were always brave to dare and do.)
SEND HIM VICTORIOUS. (For then,
My darling will come home again!)
HAPPY AND GLORIOUS ('Twill be
Like Heaven to him -- and what to me?)
LONG TO REIGN OVER US. (My dear!
And we'd been wedded one short year!)
GOD SAVE OUR KING. (And Lord, I pray
Keep MY King safe this very day.)
Forgive us, thou -- great England's kingly King
That thus do women National Anthems sing.
| Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 111010111 0111111 111010111 11111101 1101111 0111101 11010011 11011101 10010011 110110111 11110111 01110111 111010111 11111101 0111110101 11110100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 595 |
| Words | 125 |
| Sentences | 15 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 55 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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