This is an analysis of Away, Thou Shalt Not Love Me by John Wilbye.

Away, thou shalt not love me.
So shall my love seem greater…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbccaa
  • Stanza lengths: 7,
  • Metre: 0111111 1111110 1111010 1001111 1111111 1111111 1111011
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 7

Repeated words/phrases

love

Epiphora

you, me