This is an analysis of The Happy Isles by Eugene Field.

Oh, come with me to the Happy Isles
In the golden haze off yonder,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AbXb aXXa cdcd efef ebeb afaf agAg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 110100101 00101110 10100111100 10101010 100111011 1001100 10010101 10110010 111101101 11001110 101001101 11010010 10110101 11001011 111100111 11001011 1110111 10101110 110010101 011001110 10011111 1101011 11111111 11001111 11011101 10101010 110100101 001011110
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28