Analysis of To Lothario

Amelia Opie 1769 (Norwich, England) – 1853 (Norwich, England)



Think not, Lothario, while I view
The bright expression of thy face,
And on thy cheek of crimson hue
Emotion's varying beauties trace,

That in my heart one feeling dwells,
But what the coldest must approve,
Nor think my conscious bosom swells
With aught resembling secret love.

No....still these eyes can fix on thine,
Nor fear their keenest glance to meet;
And when thou boldly searchest mine,
My quiet heart disdains to beat.

But, if by vain self-love misled,
Thou in my looks canst passion see;
And think, by weak illusions fed,
My towering hopes aspire to thee....

Let us my absent Henry seek;
And when he meets my conscious eyes,
In every glance my heart will speak,
And plainly tell for whom it sighs.


Scheme ABAB CXCX DEDE FGFG HIHI
Poetic Form Quatrain  (80%)
Etheree  (30%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 111111 01010111 01111101 1100101 10111101 11010101 11110101 110100101 1111111 11110111 0111011 11010111 11111101 10111101 01110101 110010111 11110101 01111101 010011111 01011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 696
Words 128
Sentences 6
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 111
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Amelia Opie

Amelia Opie, née Alderson, was an English author who published numerous novels in the Romantic Period of the early 19th century, through to 1828. Opie was also a leading abolitionist in Norwich, England. Amelia Opie's was the first of 187,000 names presented to the British Parliament on a petition from women to stop slavery. more…

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