Analysis of Ah! cannot sighs not tears
John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)
Ah! cannot sighs not tears, nor aught else move thee
To pity me, who more than life do love thee?
O cruel fates! see, now away she’s flying,
And fly, alas! alas! and leave me dying.
Farewell, most fair, farewell, yet more disdainful:
Was never grief like mine, nor death more painful.
| Scheme | AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain |
| Metre | 11011111111 11011111111 11011101110 01010101110 111111010 11011111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 289 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 215 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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