This is an analysis of Of Joys And Pleasing Pains by John Wilbye.
Of joys and pleasing pains I late went singing,
O joys with pains! O pains with joys consenting!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaa
- Stanza lengths: 8,
- Metre: 01110111110 11011101010 11011101010 11101111010 11111101110 01010111110 11111111010 01110111110
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 8
Repeated words/phrases
of, pains, joys, my, and
