Analysis of Away, thou shalt not love me
John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)
Away, thou shalt not love me.
So shall my love seem greater
And I shall love the better.
Shall it be so? what say you?
Why speak you not I pray you?
Nay then I know you love me
That so you may disprove me.
| Scheme | ABBCCAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111111 1111110 0111010 1111111 1111111 1111111 1111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 207 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 154 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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