Analysis of Written on a Wall at Woodstock

Queen Elizabeth I 1533 (Palace of Placentia, Greenwich) – 1603 (Richmond Palace, Surrey)



Oh Fortune, thy wresting wavering state
Hath fraught with cares my troubled wit,
Whose witness this present prison late
Could bear, where once was joy's loan quit.
Thou causedst the guilty to be loosed
From bands where innocents were inclosed,
And caused the guiltless to be reserved,
And freed those that death had well deserved.
But all herein can be nothing wrought,
So God send to my foes all they have thought.


Scheme ABABCADDEE
Poetic Form Etheree  (40%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1101101001 11111101 110110101 11111111 11010111 11110001 010101101 011111101 110111101 1111111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 419
Words 74
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 334
Words per stanza (avg) 72
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Queen Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603. more…

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