This is an analysis of Fly Not So Swift, My Dear by John Wilbye.
Fly not so swift, my dear, behold me dying,
If not a smiling glance for all my crying,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabaabcc
- Stanza lengths: 8,
- Metre: 11111101110 01010111110 111011 010100111010 10010111010 111101 1111110101 1111111101
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 8
