Analysis of Wilt Thou Unkind Thus Reave Me
John Dowland 1563 (London) – 1626 (UK)
Wilt thou unkind thus reave me
Of my heart, of my heart,
And so leave me, and so leave me?
Farewell! Farewell!
But yet or e'er I part, O cruel,
Kiss me, sweet, kiss me,
sweet, sweet my jewel.
Hope by disdain grows cheerless,
Fear doth love, love doth fear
Beauty peerless, beauty peerless.
True love cannot be changed
Though delight from desert
Be estranged, be estranged.
| Scheme | AXA XBAB CXC DXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101111 111111 01110111 11 1111011110 11111 11110 110111 111111 10101010 111011 101110 101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 368 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 72 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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