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.
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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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