Analysis of Draw on, Sweet Night
John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)
Draw on, Sweet Night, friend unto those cares
That do arise from painful melancholy.
My life so ill through want of comfort fares,
that unto thee I consecrate it wholly.
Sweet Night, draw on
My griefs when they be told to shades
and darkness find some ease from paining,
And while thou all in silence dost enfold,
I then shall have best time for my complaining.
Scheme | ABABCDEFE |
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Poetic Form | Nonet (22%) |
Metre | 111111011 1101110100 1111111101 1101110110 1111 11111111 01011111 0111010101 11111111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 364 |
Words | 68 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 9 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 287 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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