This is an analysis of Happy The Man by John Dryden.

Happy the man, and happy he alone,
He who can call today his own:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaacc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 1001110101 11110101 11010111 011111111101 01111111 011101010111 110010101110 1110101111110
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

he, or, has

Anaphora

he