This is an analysis of The Happy Man by James Thomson.
He's not the happy man, to whom is given
A plenteous fortune by indulgent Heaven;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddXbbbbbbbeebbbbeeffaa
- Stanza lengths: 28,
- Metre: 11010101010 01010101010 1101110101 1101010101 1101011001 11010010001 11011101001 111011101 11010101010 10110111001 0111010101 0101000101 11011101001 1011110101 1101011101 1111110101 10111011101 1101010101 1101110101 0101001001 11011001001 0101110101 1101010101 1101000101 11001010101 1101010001 1111000101 1001010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
whose, and
Anaphora
whose