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
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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John Wilbye

John Wilbye (baptized 7 March 1574 – September 1638) was an English madrigal composer. more…

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