Analysis of The Argument
James I of Scotland 1394 (Dunfermline Abbey) – 1437 (Blackfriars)
GOD gives not Kings the style of Gods in vain,
For on his Throne his Scepter do they sway:
And as their subjects ought them to obey,
So Kings should fear and serve their God again
If then ye would enioy a happy reign,
Observe the Statutes of your heavenly King,
And from his Law, make all your Laws to spring:
Since his Lieutenant here ye should remain,
Reward the just, be stedfast, true, and plain,
Repress the proud, maintaining aye the right,
Walk always so, as ever in his sight,
Who guards the godly, plaguing the profane:
And so ye shall in Princely virtues shine,
Resembling right your mighty King Divine
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111011101 111111111 0111011101 1111011101 111110101 01010111001 0111111111 1101011101 010111101 0101010101 111110011 1101010001 0111010101 01001110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 620 |
| Words | 114 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 482 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 112 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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