Analysis of Of joys and pleasing pains

John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)



Of joys and pleasing pains I late went singing,
O joys with pains! O pains with joys consenting!
And little thought as then of now repenting;
But now think of my then sweet bitter stinging,
All day long I my hands, alas! go wringing,
The baleful notes of which, my sad tormenting,
Are ruth and moan, frights, sobs, and loud lamenting,
From hills and dales, in my dull ears still ringing.


Scheme AAAAAAAA
Poetic Form Monorhyme
Metre 11010111110 11111111010 01011111010 11111111010 11111101110 0101111110 11011101010 11010111110
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 388
Words 73
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 38
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 301
Words per stanza (avg) 71
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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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