Analysis of A Book For The King
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
A book has been made for the King,
A book of beauty and art;
To the good king's eyes
A smile shall rise
Hiding the ache in his heart -
Hiding the hurt and the grief
As he turns it, leaf by leaf.
A book has been made for the King,
A book of blood and of blight;
To the Great King's eyes
A look shall rise
That will blast and wither and smite -
Yes, smite with a just God's rage,
As He turns it, page by page.
| Scheme | Abccbdd Axccbee |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01111101 0111001 10111 0111 1001011 1001001 1111111 01111101 0111011 10111 0111 11101001 1110111 1111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 399 |
| Words | 90 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 7 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 152 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on May 03, 2023
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