Analysis of A Happy Man
Edwin Arlington Robinson 1869 – 1935
When these graven lines you see,
Traveller, do not pity me;
Though I be among the dead,
Let no mournful word be said.
Children that I leave behind,
And their children, all were kind;
Near to them and to my wife,
I was happy all my life.
My three sons I married right,
And their sons I rocked at night;
Death nor sorrow never brought
Cause for one unhappy thought.
Now, and with no need of tears,
Here they leave me, full of years,--
Leave me to my quiet rest
In the region of the blest.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF XXGG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 1110111 10011101 1110101 1110111 1011101 0110101 1110111 1110111 1111101 0111111 1110101 1110101 1011111 1111111 1111101 0010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 491 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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