Analysis of Thus love commands
John Wilbye 1574 (Diss) – 1638 (Colchester)
Thus love commands, that I in vain complain me,
And sorrow will that she shall still disdain me:
Yet did I hope, which hope my life prolonged,
To hear her say, alas! His love was wronged.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11011101011 01011111011 1111111101 1101011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 192 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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