Analysis of To Lucasta, Like the Sentinel Stars
Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657
Like to the sent'nel stars, I watch all night;
For still the grand round of your light
And glorious breast
Awake in me an east:
Nor will my rolling eyes ere know a west.
Now on my down I'm toss'd as on a wave,
And my repose is made my grave;
Fluttering I lye,
Do beat my self and dye,
But for a resurrection from your eye.
Ah, my fair murdresse! dost thou cruelly heal
With various pains to make me well?
Then let me be
Thy cut anatomie,
And in each mangled part my heart you'l see.
Scheme | AABXB CCDDD XXEXE |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (47%) |
Metre | 1101111111 11011111 01001 010111 1111011101 1111111101 01011111 10011 111101 110010111 111111101 110011111 1111 111 00110111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 497 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 01, 2023
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