Analysis of Rich or Poor
William Henry Davies 1871 – 1940
With thy true love I have more wealth
Than Charon's piled-up bank doth hold;
Where he makes kings lay down their crowns
And life-long misers leave their gold.
Without thy love I've no more wealth
Than seen upon that other shore;
That cold, bare bank he rows them to -
Those kings and misers made so poor.
| Scheme | ABXB AXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11111111 1111111 11111111 01110111 01111111 11011101 11111111 11010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 305 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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