This is an analysis of Away, Delights by John Fletcher.

AWAY, delights! go seek some other dwelling,
   For I must die.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd bbbbbbbX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 01011111010 1111 11111101010 1101 1101111011 101101 11011 1101011111 10010101111 1101 11111101001 1011 1100111111 101101 1111 0111011001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16