This is an analysis of I Fall, I Fall by John Wilbye.

I fall, I fall, O stay me,
Dear love, with joys you slay me,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbbb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 1111111 1101111 0111011 1111011 1101110 1111110 1111010 1101110
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

me

Epiphora

me