This is an analysis of Weep, O Mine Eyes by John Wilbye.

Weep, O mine eyes and cease not,
Out alas, these your spring tides methinks increase not.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 1111111 1011101110011 11011 01111111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4

Epiphora

not, you