Key to Poetry
  • Home
  • Top Poets
  • All Poets
  • Topics
  • Articles
  • Analyze a poem online
  • Become a Member

For The King by Francis Bret Harte: poem analysis

  1. Home
  2. Francis Bret Harte
  3. Analyses

This is an analysis of For The King by Francis Bret Harte.

(NORTHERN MEXICO, 1640)
As you look from the plaza at Leon west…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme:
  • Stanza lengths:
  • Metre:
  • Closest metre:
  • Guessed form:
  • Stanzas: 59
  • Lines: 175

Repeated words/phrases

his, that, and, for, her

Anaphora

grave, the, burned, watched

Anadiplosis

side

Explore Key to Poetry

  • Browse poets A–Z
  • Poems by topic
  • Poem analysis library
  • Search poems and poets
Poems about...
  • love
  • death
  • life
  • nature
  • family
  • spring
  • winter
  • summer
  • autumn
  • depression
  • beautiful
  • dream
  • Home
  • Analyses
  • All poets
  • Topics
  • Articles
  • Search Form
© 2017 KeyToPoetry.com. Copyright Notice | Terms | Contact us
✕