This is an analysis of Lady, When I Behold The Roses Sprouting by John Wilbye.

Lady, when I behold the roses sprouting,
Which clad in damask mantles deck the arbours,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXabb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 10110101010 11010101010 11011111110 11011001010 1101011011010 10010011111010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6