This is an analysis of As Matchless Beauty by John Wilbye.
As matchless beauty thee a Phoenix proves,
Fair Leonilla, so thy sour-sweet loves.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaa
- Stanza lengths: 4,
- Metre: 1101010101 1100111011 1111011111 1101110011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 4
