It has a unique meter and rhyme scheme, unlike the common iambic pentameter used in England at the time this poem was written. It is written in iambic tetrameter and it thoroughly makes use of end rhymes in couplets ("twos"). ... ") Internal rhyme is used in line 36 (At every pore..) and 37 (now let us sport.). ...

• Word Count: 1363
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Although both poems have two stanzas, the rhyme schemes are different. In "Infant Joy", Blake uses a rhyme scheme of ABCDAC for the first stanza and ABCDDC for the second. On the other hand, Blake uses a regular AABB rhyme throughout the whole poem in "Infant Sorrow". ... The first lines of the first stanza and the first couplet of the second stanza are identical in each poem; however, the way the poems develop is in sharp contrast due to the different use in diction and imagery in each poem. ...

• Word Count: 1939
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate