Analysis of To Lucasta, Going To The Wars
Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657
Tell me not (Sweet) I am unkind,
That from the nunnery
Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind
To war and arms I fly.
True, a new mistress now I chase,
The first foe in the field;
And with a stronger faith embrace
A sword, a horse, a shield.
Yet this inconstancy is such
As you too shall adore;
I could not love thee (Dear) so much,
Lov'd I not Honour more.
| Scheme | AXAX BCBC DEDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 11111101 110100 11110101 110111 10110111 011001 01010101 010101 11010011 111101 11111111 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 374 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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