This is an analysis of Where Most My Thoughts by John Wilbye.

Where most my thoughts, there least mine eye is striking;
Where least I come, there most my heart abideth;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 11111111010 11111111100 11111101110 01111111010 11011111100 01011111100
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6

Repeated words/phrases

my, where, i, most

Anaphora

where