Analysis of Ye restless thoughts
John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)
Ye restless thoughts, that harbour discontent,
Cease your assaults and let my heart lament,
And let my tongue have leave to tell my grief,
That she may pity, though not grant relief.
Pity would help, alas, what love hath almost slain,
And salve the wound that fester'd this disdain.
| Scheme | AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain |
| Metre | 1101110001 1101011101 0111111111 1111011101 10110111111 0101110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 285 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 223 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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