Analysis of Yet, sweet, take heed
John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)
Yet, sweet, take heed, all sweets are hard to get;
Sting not her soft lips, Oh beware of that:
For if one flaming dart come from her eye,
Was never dart so sharp, ah, then you die!
| Scheme | ABCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111111 1101110111 1111011101 1101111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 185 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 28, 2023
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