Analysis of De Quintia Et Sesbia. Ep. 87
Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657
DE QUINTIA ET LESBIA. EP. 87.
Quintia formosa est multis, mihi candida, longa,
Recta est; haec ego sic singula confiteor:
Tota illud formosa nego: nam multa venustas;
Nulla in tam magno est corpore mica salis.
Lesbia formosa est quae, cum pulcherrima tota est,
Tum omnibus una omneis surripuit veneres.
Quintia is handsome, fair, tall, straight: all these
Very particulars I grant with ease:
But she all ore 's not handsome; here's her fault:
In all that bulk there's not one corne of salt,
Whilst Lesbia, fair and handsome too all ore,
All graces and all wit from all hath bore.
| Scheme | X XABBXB BBCCAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 101001111001 101110111 1010101111 101100111010 1010011111001 110010111 111011111 1001001111 11111110101 0111111111 111010111 1100111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 611 |
| Words | 103 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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