Analysis of On The Best, Last, And Only Remaning Comedy Of Mr. Fletcher. The Wild Goose Chase
Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657
I'm un-ore-clowded, too! free from the mist!
The blind and late Heaven's-eyes great Occulist,
Obscured with the false fires of his sceme,
Not half those souls are lightned by this theme.
Unhappy murmurers, that still repine
(After th' Eclipse our Sun doth brighter shine),
Recant your false grief, and your true joys know;
Your blisse is endlesse, as you fear'd your woe!
What fort'nate flood is this! what storm of wit!
Oh, who would live, and not ore-whelm'd in it?
No more a fatal Deluge shall be hurl'd:
This inundation hath sav'd the world.
Once more the mighty Fletcher doth arise,
Roab'd in a vest studded with stars and eyes
Of all his former glories; his last worth
Imbroiderd with what yet light ere brought forth.
See! in this glad farewel he doth appear
Stuck with the Constellations of his Sphere,
Fearing we numb'd fear'd no flagration,
Hath curl'd all his fires in this one ONE:
Which (as they guard his hallowed chast urn)
The dull aproaching hereticks do burn.
Fletcher at his adieu carouses thus
To the luxurious ingenious,
As Cleopatra did of old out-vie,
Th' un-numb'red dishes of her Anthony,
When (he at th' empty board a wonderer)
Smiling she calls for pearl and vinegar,
First pledges him in's BREATH, then at one draught
Swallows THREE KINGDOMS of To HIS BEST THOUGHT.
Hear, oh ye valiant writers, and subscribe;
(His force set by) y'are conquer'd by this bribe.
Though you hold out your selves, he doth commit
In this a sacred treason in your wit;
Although in poems desperately stout,
Give up: this overture must buy you out.
Thus with some prodigal us'rer 't doth fare,
That keeps his gold still vayl'd, his steel-breast bare;
That doth exceed his coffers all but's eye,
And his eyes' idol the wing'd Deity:
That cannot lock his mines with half the art
As some rich beauty doth his wretched heart;
Wild at his real poverty, and so wise
To win her, turns himself into a prise.
First startles her with th' emerald Mad-Lover
The ruby Arcas, least she should recover
Her dazled thought, a Diamond he throws,
Splendid in all the bright Aspatia's woes;
Then to sum up the abstract of his store,
He flings a rope of Pearl of forty more.
Ah, see! the stagg'ring virtue faints! which he
Beholding, darts his Wealths Epitome;
And now, to consummate her wished fall,
Shows this one Carbuncle, that darkens all.
Scheme | AABB CCCXDDEEFFXXGGCCCC HHICGJXX KKDDLL MMINOOFFJJPPQQNBRR |
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Metre | 111111101 010110111 0110110111 111111111 0101111 1011011011101 0111101111 111111111 1111111111 1111011101 1101010111 10101101 1101010101 1001101101 1111010111 11111111 101111101 110010111 1011111 1111100111 111111011 011111 10110111 100100010 101011111 111111010100 1111110101 1011110100 1101011111 1011011111 1111010001 11111110111 1111111101 0101010011 101010001 1111001111 1111001111 1111111111 1101110111 0111001100 1101111101 1111011101 1111100011 1101010101 110011110110 0101111010 01101011 10010111 1111001111 1101111101 1101110111 0101110100 011100011 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 2,289 |
Words | 410 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 18, 8, 6, 18 |
Lines Amount | 54 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 362 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 82 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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