Analysis of Ah! cruel Amarillis
John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)
Ah! cruel Amarillis, since thou tak’st delight
To hear the accents of a doleful ditty,
To triumph still without remorse or pity;
I loathe this life,death must my sorrow right;
And lest vain hope my miseries renew,
Come quickly,death,
‘Reave me of breath,
Ah! cruel Amarillis, adieu.
Scheme | ABBACDDC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111101 11010101010 11010101110 111111101 0111110001 11 1111 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 287 |
Words | 51 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 221 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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