Analysis of To Aramantha, That She Would Dishevel Her Hair



Amarantha sweet and faire,
Ah brade no more that shining haire!
As my curious hand or eye,
Hovering round thee, let it flye.

Let it flye as unconfin'd
As it's calme ravisher, the winde,
Who hath left his darling, th' East,
To wanton o're that spicie neast.

Ev'ry tresse must be confest:
But neatly tangled at the best;
Like a clue of golden thread,
Most excellently ravelled.

Doe not then winde up that light
In ribands, and o'er-cloud in night,
Like the sun in's early ray;
But shake your head, and scatter day.

See, 'tis broke! within this grove,
The bower and the walkes of love,
Weary lye we downe and rest,
And fanne each other's panting breast.

Heere wee'll strippe and coole our fire,
In creame below, in milk-baths higher:
And when all wells are drawne dry,
I'll drink a teare out of thine eye.

Which our very joys shall leave,
That sorrowes thus we can deceive;
Or our very sorrowes weepe,
That joyes so ripe so little keepe.


Scheme AABB CCXC CDXC EEFF XXDD GGBB HHII
Poetic Form Quatrain  (71%)
Metre 1101 11111101 11100111 10011111 111101 111101 111110111 11011111 11111 11010101 1011101 110001 1111111 01010101 1010101 11110101 1110111 01000111 1011101 01110101 111011010 010101110 0111111 11011111 11010111 1111101 1101011 11111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 957
Words 179
Sentences 17
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 103
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Richard Lovelace

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