Analysis of Oft have I vow'd
John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)
Oft have I vow'd how dearly I did love thee,
And oft observ'd thee with all willing duty,
Sighs I have sent, still hoping to remove thee:
Millions of tears I tender'd to thy beauty,
Yet thou of sighs and silly tears regardless,
Suff'rest my feeble heart to pine with anguish,
Whilst all my barren hopes return rewardless,
My bitter days do waste, and I do languish.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101111 01011111010 11111101011 10111101110 11110101010 1110111110 111101011 11011101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 366 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 285 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 67 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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