This is an analysis of Sweet Love, If Thou Wilt Gain by John Wilbye.
Sweet love, if thou wilt gain a monarch’s glory,
Subdue her heart, who makes me glad and sorry,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabccbdd
- Stanza lengths: 8,
- Metre: 11011101110 01011111110 1011010 1101010 1011110 11110111010 11011011011 01111111011
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ottava rima
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 8
Repeated words/phrases
and, thee
Epiphora
thee
