This is an analysis of Ah! Cruel Amarillis by John Wilbye.
Ah! cruel Amarillis, since thou tak’st delight
To hear the accents of a doleful ditty,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbacXXc
- Stanza lengths: 8,
- Metre: 110100011101 01010001010 01010101110 11010011101 1111110001 1100 1101 110100001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 8
Anaphora
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