Analysis of Down in a valley as Alexis trips

John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)



Down in a valley as Alexis trips,
Daphne sat sweetly sleeping.
Soon as the wanton touch’d her ruddy lips,
She nicely falls aweeping.
The wag full softly lifts her,
And to and fro he sifts her:
But when nor sighs, Ah! nor kisses mov’d her pity,
Nor sighs could move her pity,
Nor tears could move her pity,
With plaints he warbles forth this mournful ditty.


Scheme ABABCCDDDD
Poetic Form Etheree  (30%)
Metre 1001010101 1011010 1101010101 11011 0111010 0101110 111111101010 1111010 1111010 11110111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 359
Words 68
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 277
Words per stanza (avg) 66
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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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