Analysis of All pleasure is of this condition

John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)



All pleasure is of this condition,
It pricks men forward to fruition,
But if enjoy'd, then like the humming Bee,
The honey being shed, away doth flee;
But leaves a sting, that wounds the inward heart
With gnawing grief and never-ending smart.


Scheme AABBCC
Poetic Form Sestain
Metre 110111010 111101010 1101110101 0101010111 1101110101 1101010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 245
Words 44
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 191
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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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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