This is an analysis of The Manly Heart by George Wither.
Shall I, wasting in despair,
Die because a woman's fair?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbBb ccddeeBb ffeeggbb bbcchhbbXaaffhhbb
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,17,
- Metre: 1110001 1010101 1111101 0010101 0110101 10100101 0101101 1111110 1110101 0110101 10110110 11001010 0110101 1011100 0101101 1111110 1010101 1010101 1010101 1110111 0101101 1110101 0111101 1111010 0010111 1110111 1110101 1110101 1100111 1010101 1011111 1111110 1101111 1010101 0111001 1011111 0111111 1111101 1010111 1111110
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
she, be, or, for, i