Analysis of And though my love abounding

John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)



And though my love abounding,
Did make me fall a sounding,
Yet am I well contented,
Still so to be tormented,
And death can never fear me,
As long as you are near me.


Scheme AABCDD
Poetic Form
Metre 0111010 1111010 1111010 111110 0111011 1111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 169
Words 36
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 127
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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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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