Analysis of Happy, O happy he
John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)
Happy, O happy he, who not affecting
The endless toils attending worldly cares,
With mind repos'd, all discontents rejecting,
In silent peace his way to heav'n prepares;
Deeming his life a Scene, the world a Stage,
Whereon man acts his weary Pilgrimage.
| Scheme | ABABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10110111010 0101010101 111101010 0101111101 111010101 111110100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 256 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 201 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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