Analysis of The Divine Right Of Kings
Edgar Allan Poe 1809 (Boston) – 1849 (Baltimore)
The only king by right divine
Is Ellen King, and were she mine
I'd strive for liberty no more,
But hug the glorious chains I wore.
Her bosom is an ivory throne,
Where tyrant virtue reigns alone ;
No subject vice dare interfere,
To check the power that governs here.
O! would she deign to rule my fate,
I'd worship Kings and kingly state,
And hold this maxim all life long,
The King — my King — can do no wrong.
| Scheme | AABB CCXX DDEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 01011101 11010011 11110011 110100111 010111001 11010101 1011101 110101101 11111111 11010101 01110111 01111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 422 |
| Words | 82 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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