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
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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John Wilbye

John Wilbye (baptized 7 March 1574 – September 1638) was an English madrigal composer. more…

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