Analysis of The Happy Child
William Henry Davies 1871 – 1940
I saw this day sweet flowers grow thick --
But not one like the child did pick.
I heard the packhounds in green park --
But no dog like the child heard bark.
I heard this day bird after bird --
But not one like the child has heard.
A hundred butterflies saw I --
But not one like the child saw fly.
I saw the horses roll in grass --
But no horse like the child saw pass.
My world this day has lovely been --
But not like what the child has seen.
| Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 111111011 11110111 1101011 11110111 11111101 11110111 0101011 11110111 11010101 11110111 11111101 11110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 448 |
| Words | 97 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 56 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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