Analysis of Change me, O heav'ns
John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)
Change me, O heav'ns, into the ruby stone,
That on my love's fair locks doth hang in gold:
Yet leave me speech, to her to make my moan;
And give me eyes, her beauties to behold.
Or, if you will not make my flesh a stone,
Make her hard heart seem flesh, that now seems none.
| Scheme | ABABAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111010101 1111111101 1111101111 0111010101 1111111101 1011111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 276 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 204 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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