This is an analysis of Sadness And Joy by William Henry Davies.
I pray you, Sadness, leave me soon,
In sweet invention thou art poor!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcB Xada Xede cacaXabcB
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11110111 01010111 11011111 111101 110010101 11110111 11010101 110101 11110111 01110101 111010101 111111 11110111 10111101 01010111 111111 11110111 11110111 11111101 111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
