This is an analysis of Could I But Leave Men Wiser By My Song by Alfred Austin.
Could I but leave men wiser by my song,
And somewhat happier in their little day,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacddccd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111110111 11110001101 1001111001 1011010101 1001111101 11110101001 1101011101 01011111001 1111110011 01001010101 1001110101 1111011111 1011110101 1001110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
