Analysis of The Best Friend



Now shall I walk
Or shall I ride?
"Ride", Pleasure said;
"Walk", Joy replied.

Now what shall I --
Stay home or roam?
"Roam", Pleasure said;
And Joy -- "stay home."

Now shall I dance,
Or sit for dreams?
"Sit," answers Joy;
"Dance," Pleasure screams.

Which of ye two
Will kindest be?
Pleasure laughed sweet,
But Joy kissed me.


Scheme XABA XCBC XDXD XEXE
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1111 1111 1101 1101 1111 1111 1101 0111 1111 1111 1101 1101 1111 1101 1011 1111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 329
Words 64
Sentences 9
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 58
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 04, 2023

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William Henry Davies

William Henry Davies or W H Davies was a Welsh poet and writer Davies spent a significant part of his life as a tramp or vagabond in the United States and United Kingdom but became known as one of the most popular poets of his time The principal themes in his work are the marvels of nature observations about lifes hardships his own tramping adventures and the various characters he met Davies is usually considered as one of the Georgian poets although much of his work is atypical of the style and themes adopted by others of the genre more…

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