Analysis of Thus saith my Cloris bright
John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)
Thus saith my Cloris bright,
when we of Love sit downe and talke together,
Beware of Love, deere, Love is a walking sprite,
And Love is this and that,
And O I wot not what,
And comes and goes againe,
I wot not whither,
No, no, these are but bugs to breed amazing,
for in her eies I saw his torch light blazing.
| Scheme | ABACDEBFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (22%) |
| Metre | 11111 11111101010 01111110101 011101 011111 01011 11110 11111111010 10011111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 310 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 235 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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