Analysis of Unkind, O, stay thy flying!
John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)
Unkind, O, stay thy flying!
And if I needs must die, pity me dying.
But in thee, my heart is lying
And no death can assail me,
Alas! till life doth fail thee,
Oh therefore, if the fates bid thee be fleeting,
Stay for me, whose poor heart thou hast in keeping.
| Scheme | AAABBAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111110 01111110110 10111110 0111011 0111111 1110111110 11111111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 262 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 195 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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