Analysis of Queen for a Day (elizabeth II regina)
(Poem by our daughter Lauren Hodgson)
Ever wonder what it must be like
To be Queen for a day?
For a young and lovely girl
The dream did come true
She had bouncing brown curls
And eyes made of blue.
She kept beautiful ponies
And rode them with skill
Ran free with her corgies
On Balmoral’s hill.
Then it all happened quickly
Her Papa was gone
He had been quite sickly
She had to be strong.
The crown was now hers
Fit snugly in place
With gems and ermine fur
It suited her face.
In those days she was happy
To have by her side
A Prince, tall and strapping
To comfort and guide.
Soon came little embraces
She mothered all four
Three princes, one princess
For her to adore
To her family, she was anchor
To England, shining star
She ruled without rancor
And led from afar
Knew her place as a Royal
Meant grace and service
And leaving her own soil
To share her kindness
As decades passed on apace
Her children grew fast
Found playmates and life mates
And true love at last
For her eldest, a goddess
With a shy magic
But love was dishonest
It’s ending, tragic
In those days it was clearer
Than ever before
The strength that had steered her
Was needed once more
A grandmother, she now viewed
The world through new eyes
Saw how this younger brood
Wore an online disguise
Some wisdom and clarity
She tried to bestow
To live charitably
Through life’s ebb and flow
Older now, she had endured
She looked on with pride
As her grandsons matured
To each, a new bride
Life for them was not easy
Each found his own path
Once again she was pleased
To hear babies laugh
Next, a worldwide pandemic
Struck England with force
Her yearly addresses
Comforted, of course
’21 was a sad year
Her Phillip passed on
All in black, with no fear
She mourned him alone.
But to those of us caring
This seemed an omen
She might soon be sharing
The same carriage Home.
As autumn leaves descended
The very next year
The Queen’s reign had ended
It was all too clear
She left her realm in mourning
With respects to pay
In history’s pages
Our queen for a day…
For a lifetime…
For the Ages.
| Scheme | A X B X C D C X E D E F X F X X G H G F I J I K L X L H M H M X N X N G O X O N P X P H L H L Q R Q R F S F S T I T I F X X X P U K U V X V X J A J X W V W V J B X B X X |
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| Poetic Form | Tetractys (25%) |
| Metre | 10110101010 101011111 111101 1010101 01111 111011 01111 1110010 01111 11101 10101 1111010 01011 111110 11111 01110 11001 110101 11001 0111110 11101 011010 11001 1110010 1111 110110 10101 101001110 110101 110110 01101 1011010 11010 010011 11010 1011101 01011 11011 01111 1010010 10110 111010 11010 0111110 11001 011110 11011 010111 01111 111101 11101 1100100 11101 111000 11101 1011101 11111 10101 11011 1111110 11111 101111 11101 1011010 11011 010110 10011 1011 01011 101111 11101 1111110 11110 111110 01101 1101010 01011 011110 11111 1101010 10111 0110 101101 101 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 2,227 |
| Words | 531 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 85 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 85 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 19 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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Written on October 15, 2022
Submitted by dougb.19255 on March 10, 2023
Modified by dougb.19255 on March 10, 2023
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