Analysis of An Ode to the Queen
William Topaz McGonagall 1825 – 1902 (Greyfriars Parish, Edinburgh)
All hail to the Empress of India, Great Britain's Queen!
Long may she live in health, happy and serene;
Loved by her subjects at home and abroad;
Blest may she be when lying down
To sleep, and rising up, by the Eternal God;
Happy may her visions be in sleep ...
And happy her thoughts in the day time;
Let all loyal subjects drink to her health
In a flowing bumper of Rhenish Wine.
And when the final hour shall come to summon her away,
May her soul be wafted to the realms of bliss,
I most sincerely do pray, to sing with saints above,
Where all is joy, peace and love -
In Heaven, for evermore to reign,
God Save the Queen. Amen.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101011001101 11110110001 1101011001 11111101 110101100101 101010101 010010011 1110101101 001010111 010101011110001 10111010111 1101011111101 1111101 01011011 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 625 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 484 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 124 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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