This is an analysis of Happiness Of A Country Life by James Thomson.
Oh! knew he but his happiness, of men
The happiest he, who, far from public rage,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbcdbbXebdbcfghddheagbiXjXhhieghkbXjkfXbgh
- Stanza lengths: 43,
- Metre: 1111010001 01001110101 1001001101 1011000101 1101010111 1101010101 0101101101 1101110101 01001010111 1101110101 0111010111 1101111101 1111010101 11101000101 0100111101 1101011101 1011110101 11010100101 1111110101 1101010101 0101010101 1101010001 1100010101 0101010101 1010010101 01111101001 110010101101 1101011101 1001011101 0111000101 1111010101 010011010101 1101010101 1101010101 0001010101 1111010101 1101010111 1101011101 1111011100 1001010101 1001100101 1101010001 1101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 43
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Anaphora
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