Analysis of The passing of the servant Queen

Royston 1946 (Reading)



As a nation we mourn our Servant Queen.
Through royal robes such servanthood was seen.
We keep our vigil from before the dawn,
and standing silently, your passing mourn.

Our loving memories now turn to tears.
For you served so well for seventy years.
But you have drawn your final loyal breath
and walked with Jesus through the Vale of Death.

Trumpets sound and heavens’ gates open wide
as God and angels welcome you inside.
The Servant King knows well the role you played
For He’d given His life, the world to save.


Scheme AAXX XXBB CCXX
Poetic Form
Metre 10101110101 11011111 11101010101 0101001101 10101001111 1111111001 1111110101 0111010111 1010101101 1101010101 0101110111 1110110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 522
Words 103
Sentences 8
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 137
Words per stanza (avg) 31

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Written as the nation stands and mourns as the gun carriage carrying the body of our servant Queen moves along the road

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Submitted by royston on September 18, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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