This is an analysis of Happy Thought by Robert Louis Stevenson.

The world is so full of a number of things,
I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aa
  • Stanza lengths: 2,
  • Metre: 01011001001 01111011011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 2