Analysis of This sceptered isle



The clouds whispered..your majesty..then blushed
the night bowed .. Swept his cloak aside.. Vanquished
a royal uprising lit the world


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 01111 0111110110 010010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 131
Words 21
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 106
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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