Analysis of Succession
Parades in progress, coaches appear, and
Black-plumed horses dance,
They raise their heads and velvet blankets
Toggle as they prance!
The queen appears, the king is dead,
The servants gather ‘round,
Coronation appurtenances all arranged,
How deftly they confound!
The scepter raised, the ring is donned,
Quiet falls like dew,
Amidst the crowds colors blush
In very muted hues.
Born to this occasion,
He stands with glittering crown,
His subjects and the common court
Are gently kneeling down!
c. Poetic Universalisms I by Lena Smith Carter, 2006.
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XXXX XCXC X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010110010 11101 111101010 10111 01010111 010101 0101101 110101 0110111 10111 0101101 010101 111010 1111001 11000101 110101 101011110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 532 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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