This is an analysis of There Is No Sadness Here. O That My Heart by Charles Sangster.

There is no sadness here. Oh, that my heart
Were calm and peaceful as these dreamy groves!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbcacaabddbdd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1011011111 0111011101 1111110111 1101110101 1101001011 0100011101 0111001101 11000100101 1011011101 1101010011 10010010101 1111001101 1101010111 110111010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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