Analysis of Gratiana Dancing and Singing



See! with what constant motion
Even and glorious, as the sunne,
Gratiana steeres that noble frame,
Soft as her breast, sweet as her voyce,
That gave each winding law and poyze,
And swifter then the wings of Fame.

She beat the happy pavement
By such a starre-made firmament,
Which now no more the roofe envies;
But swells up high with Atlas ev'n,
Bearing the brighter, nobler Heav'n,
And in her, all the Dieties.

Each step trod out a lovers thought
And the ambitious hopes he brought,
Chain'd to her brave feet with such arts,
Such sweet command and gentle awe,
As when she ceas'd, we sighing saw
The floore lay pav'd with broken hearts.

So did she move: so did she sing:
Like the harmonious spheres that bring
Unto their rounds their musick's ayd;
Which she performed such a way,
As all th' inamour'd world will say:
The Graces daunced, and Apollo play'd.


Scheme AABCCB DDCXAC EECXCC FFDXCX
Poetic Form
Metre 1111010 100100101 111101 11011101 11110101 01010111 1101010 110111 1111011 111111011 10010101 000101 11110101 00010111 11011111 11010101 11111101 01111101 11111111 100100111 1011111 1101101 11111111 010100101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 872
Words 159
Sentences 10
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 167
Words per stanza (avg) 38
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Richard Lovelace

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