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 |
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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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