This is an analysis of All Pleasure Is Of This Condition by John Wilbye.

All pleasure is of this condition,
It pricks men forward to fruition,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 110000010 011100010 1001110101 0101010111 1101110101 0101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6