Joy And Pleasure Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNOP| Now joy is born of parents poor | A |
| And pleasure of our richer kind | B |
| Though pleasure's free she cannot sing | C |
| As sweet a song as joy confined | B |
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| Pleasure's a Moth that sleeps by day | D |
| And dances by false glare at night | E |
| But Joy's a Butterfly that loves | F |
| To spread its wings in Nature's light | E |
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| Joy's like a Bee that gently sucks | G |
| Away on blossoms its sweet hour | H |
| But pleasure's like a greedy Wasp | I |
| That plums and cherries would devour | H |
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| Joy's like a Lark that lives alone | J |
| Whose ties are very strong though few | K |
| But Pleasure like a Cuckoo roams | L |
| Makes much acquaintance no friends true | K |
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| Joy from her heart doth sing at home | M |
| With little care if others hear | N |
| But pleasure then is cold and dumb | O |
| And sings and laughs with strangers near | P |
William Henry Davies
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