Analysis of To Amarantha, that she would dishevel her Hair

Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657



AMARANTHA sweet and fair,
Ah, braid no more that shining hair!
As my curious hand or eye
Hovering round thee, let it fly!

Let it fly as unconfined
As its calm ravisher the wind,
Who hath left his darling, th' East,
To wanton o'er that spicy nest.

Every tress must be confest,
But neatly tangled at the best;
Like a clew of golden thread
Most excellently ravelled.

Do not then wind up that light
In ribbands, and o'ercloud in night,
Like the Sun in 's early ray;
But shake your head, and scatter day!


Scheme AABB CCXD CDXC EEFF
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 1101 11111101 11100111 10011111 111101 111101 111110111 110101101 1001111 11010101 1011101 110001 1111111 010101 10101101 11110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 507
Words 96
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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