This is an analysis of Happy Streams, Whose Trembling Fall by John Wilbye.

Happy streams, whose trembling fall,
With still murmur softly gliding,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeeff
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 10111001 01101010 1011101 01100010 1101010101 01001100 1101001101 01001100 11110111 11110101 10011111010 11011111010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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Epiphora

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