Analysis of Where most my thoughts

John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)



Where most my thoughts, there least mine eye is striking;
Where least I come, there most my heart abideth;
Where most I love, I never show my liking;
From what my mind doth hold, my body slideth:
I careless seem, where most my care dependeth;
A coy regard, where most my soul attendeth.


Scheme ABABBB
Poetic Form
Metre 11111111110 111111111 11111101110 1111111101 110111111 010111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 289
Words 55
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 222
Words per stanza (avg) 53
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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John Wilbye

John Wilbye (baptized 7 March 1574 – September 1638) was an English madrigal composer. more…

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