This is an analysis of On A Fair Morning As I Came By The Way by Thomas Morley.

On a fair morning, as I came by the way,
Met I with a merry maid in the merry month of May,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbBbB
  • Stanza lengths: 9,
  • Metre: 10110111101 11001010010101 101110101 110010101100111 0011100111 111011011 11011011011 110010011001 11011011011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 9