Analysis of The means to attain a happy life.
Henry Howard 1517 – 1547
MARTIAL, the things that do attain
The happy life, be these, I find :
The riches left, not got with pain ;
The fruitful ground, the quiet mind :
The equal friend, no grudge, no strife ;
No charge of rule, nor governance ;
Without disease, the healthful life ;
The household of continuance :
The mean diet, no delicate fare ;
True wisdom join'd with simpleness ;
The night discharged of all care,
Where wine the wit may not oppress :
The faithful wife, without debate ;
Such sleeps as may beguile the night.
Contented with thine own estate ;
Ne wish for Death, ne fear his might.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EDEX FGFG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 10011101 01011111 01011111 01010101 01011111 11111100 01010101 0110100 011011001 110111 0101111 11011101 01010101 11110101 01011101 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 571 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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