Analysis of Thou art but young, thou say’st
John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)
Thou art but young, thou say’st,
And love’s delight thou weigh’st not.
Oh! take time while thou may’st,
Lest, when thou would’st, thou may’st not.
If love shall then assail thee,
A double, double anguish will torment thee.
And thou wilt wish, but wishes all will fail thee.
Oh! me that I were young again! And so repent thee.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 0101111 111111 1111111 1111011 0101010111 01111101111 1111010101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 338 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 245 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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