This is an analysis of the poem God Save The King that begins with:

God save great George our king
Long live our noble king,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: aaAbbbA ccdbbbd eeXccbA ffagggA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 111101 1101 110100 101100 101101 1101 111101 100100 1101 011101 111101 111111 1111 110101 110101 1111 110111 110111 010111 1101 111101 111101 1001 110101 110101 010101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; king is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines king is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word king at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of God Save The King;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Anonymous Americas