Analysis of The Scrutiny
Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657
Why should you swear I am forsworn,
Since thine I vowed to be?
Lady, it is already morn,
And 'twas last night I swore to thee
That fond impossibility.
Have I not loved thee much and long,
A tedious twelve hours' space?
I must all other beauties wrong,
And rob thee of a new embrace,
Could I still dote upon thy face.
Not but all joy in thy brown hair
By others may be found;—
But I must search the black and fair,
Like skilful mineralists that sound
For treasure in unploughed-up ground.
Then if, when I have loved my round,
Thou prov'st the pleasant she,
With spoils of meaner beauties crowned
I laden will return to thee,
Ev'n sated with variety.
Scheme | ABABB CDCDD EFEFF FBFBB |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (25%) |
Metre | 1111111 111111 10110101 01111111 1100100 11111101 01001101 11110101 01110101 11110111 11110111 110111 11110101 11111 1100111 11111111 110101 11110101 11010111 111010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 640 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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