Analysis of As matchless beauty
John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)
As matchless beauty thee a Phoenix proves,
Fair Leonilla, so thy sour-sweet loves.
For when young Acon's eye thy proud heart tames,
Thou diest in him, and livest in my flames.
| Scheme | ABCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111010101 11111011 111111111 110101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 180 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 137 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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