This is an analysis of Yet, Sweet, Take Heed by John Wilbye.

Yet, sweet, take heed, all sweets are hard to get;
Sting not her soft lips, Oh beware of that:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 1111111101 1101110101 1011011001 1101111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4