Analysis of Happy Days
Mary Hannay Foott 1846 (Glasgow) – 1918 (Bundaberg)
A fringe of rushes -- one green line
Upon a faded plain;
A silver streak of water-shine --
Above, tree-watchers twain.
It was our resting-place awhile,
And still, with backward gaze,
We say: "'Tis many a weary mile --
But there were happy days."
And shall no ripple break the sand
Upon our farther way?
Or reedy ranks all knee-deep stand?
Or leafy tree-tops sway?
The gold of dawn is surely met
In sunset's lavish blaze;
And -- in horizons hidden yet --
There shall be happy days.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFGDGD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110111 010101 01011101 011101 111010101 011101 111100101 110101 01110101 0110101 11011111 110111 01111101 01101 00010101 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 512 |
Words | 91 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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