Analysis of I live, and yet methinks I do not breathe
John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)
I live, and yet methinks I do not breathe,
I thirst, and drink, and drink, and thirst again,
I sleep, and yet I dream I am awake,
I hope for that I have; I have and want:
I sing and sigh; I love and hate at once.
Oh! tell me, restless soul, what uncouth jar
Doth cause such want in store, in peace such war?
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|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111111 1101010101 1101111101 1111111101 1101110111 1111011111 1111010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 309 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 226 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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