Analysis of Elegantly, She Left
Adegbembo Sam 1968 (Sapele)
Twenty twenty-two is a great year
It may be too complicated to bear
A lot has been heard and also seen
But none like the funeral of the Queen
The most celebrated
To some, hated
All in all it was an amazing Monday
Hundreds of powers came from far away.
She reigned for three scores and ten
With such greatness too much to pen
I am black but not black now
All you can do is ask me how
I won't frown on the crown in her death
We didn't act when she was in rude health
Let's not mourn with a fault
She's now lying in the Vault.
| Scheme | XXAABBXX CCDDXXEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101011011 111110011 011110101 1110100101 01100 1110 10111101010 1011011101 1111101 11101111 1111111 11111111 111101001 1101111011 111101 1110001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 524 |
| Words | 111 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 204 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
About this poem
This poem was written the moment Queen Elizabeth II was laid to rest.
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Written on September 19, 2022
Submitted by sam_edmund on September 20, 2022
Modified by sam_edmund on September 20, 2022
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