This is an analysis of Unkind, O, Stay Thy Flying! by John Wilbye.

Unkind, O, stay thy flying!
And if I needs must die, pity me dying.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaabbaa
  • Stanza lengths: 7,
  • Metre: 0111110 10111110110 10111010 1111011 0111111 11100111010 11111111010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 7