Analysis of The Joy of Childhood
George Darley 1795 (Dublin) – 1846 (London)
Down the dimpled green-sward dancing
Bursts a flaxen-headed bevy,
Bud-lipt boys and girls advancing
Love's irregular little levy.
Rows of liquid eyes in laughter,
How they glimmer, how they quiver!
Sparkling one another after,
Like bright ripples on a river.
Tipsy band of rubious faces,
Flushed with joy's etheral spirit,
Make your mocks and sly grimaces
At Love's self, and do not fear it!
| Scheme | ABAB CCCC XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 10101110 1011010 11101010 101001010 11101010 11101110 10101010 11101010 1011110 111110 11101100 11101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 399 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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