give a character sketch of the king as described in the poem?

The king's sense of justice needed to be tempered with a good measure of wisdom and common sense. Blindly following the laws without exercising any discretion shows foolhardiness rather than intelligence. It shows that his sense of justice was misguided and he was indeed far too just to be fit to rule.A state that is governed by a just and placid king would be an ideal state where the ruler works with a sane head on his shoulder. However, the kingdom that is referred to in the poem is not an ideal state and the ruler takes decisions without thinking them through. A sense of delivering justice and placidity though ideal qualities in a ruler should not be the only ones,he should also have tact,common sense and a certain modicum of intelligence to deal with matters of the state.