Analysis of Stay, Corydon, thou swain
John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)
Stay, Corydon, thou swain,
Talk not so soon of dying:
What though thy heart be slain,
What though thy love be flying?
She threatens thee, but dares not strike,
Thy nymph is light and shadow-like;
For if thou follow her, she'll fly from thee;
But if thou fly from her, she'll follow thee.
| Scheme | ABABCCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 1111110 111111 1111110 11011111 1111011 1111001111 1111101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 288 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 219 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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