Analysis of Ay me; can every rumour
John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)
Ay me; can every rumour
Thus start my lady's humour?
Name ye some gallant to her
Why straight forsooth I woo her.
Then burst she forth in passion:
You men love but for fashion.
Yet sure I am that no man
Ever so loved woman.
Yet, alas, Love, be wary
For women be contrary.
| Scheme | AAAABBCBDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) |
| Metre | 1111000 111101 1111010 111110 1111010 1111110 1111111 101110 1011110 1101100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 270 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 207 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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