This is an analysis of Ah! Cannot Sighs Not Tears by John Wilbye.
Ah! cannot sighs not tears, nor aught else move thee
To pity me, who more than life do love thee?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc
- Stanza lengths: 6,
- Metre: 11011111111 01011111111 11011101110 11010111110 11111111010 11011111110
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 6
Epiphora
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