This is an analysis of I Always Beg by John Wilbye.

I always beg, yet never am relieved,
I grieve, because my griefs are not believed.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 1111110101 1101111101 1101011101 11101101110
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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