Analysis of O wretched man!
John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)
O wretched man! Why lov’st thou earthly life?
Which nought enjoys but cares and endless trouble;
What pleasure here, but breeds a world of grief?
What hour’s ease, that anguish doth not double;
No earthly joys, but have their discontents;
Then loathe that life, which causeth such laments
| Scheme | ABCBDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101111101 11011101010 1101110111 11011101110 110111101 111111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 295 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 229 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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