Analysis of Alas what hope of speeding
John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)
Alas what hope of speeding
Where hope beguiled lies bleeding?
She bade come when she spied me,
And when I came she flied me.
Thus when I was beguiled,
She at my sighing smiled.
But if you take such pleasure
Of hope and joy, my treasure,
By deceit to bereave me,
Love me, and so deceive me.
| Scheme | AABBCCDDBB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) |
| Metre | 0111110 1101110 1111111 0111111 111101 111101 1111110 1101110 1011011 1101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 288 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 223 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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