Analysis of Joy and Pleasure
Now, joy is born of parents poor,
And pleasure of our richer kind;
Though pleasure's free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as joy confined.
Pleasure's a Moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But Joy's a Butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Nature's light.
Joy's like a Bee that gently sucks
Away on blossoms its sweet hour;
But pleasure's like a greedy Wasp,
That plums and cherries would devour.
Joy's like a Lark that lives alone,
Whose ties are very strong, though few;
But Pleasure like a Cuckoo roams,
Makes much acquaintance, no friends true.
Joy from her heart doth sing at home,
With little care if others hear;
But pleasure then is cold and dumb,
And sings and laughs with strangers near.
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC XDXD XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (25%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11111101 010110101 1111101 11011101 1011111 01011111 1101011 11110101 11011101 011101110 1110101 110101010 11011101 11110111 1101011 11010111 11011111 11011101 11011101 01011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 736 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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