Analysis of To His Deare Brother Colonel F. L. Immoderately Mourning My Brothers Untimely Death At Carmarthen
Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657
I.
If teares could wash the ill away,
A pearle for each wet bead I'd pay;
But as dew'd corne the fuller growes,
So water'd eyes but swell our woes.
II.
One drop another cals, which still
(Griefe adding fuell) doth distill;
Too fruitfull of her selfe is anguish,
We need no cherishing to languish.
III.
Coward fate degen'rate man
Like little children uses, when
He whips us first, untill we weepe,
Then, 'cause we still a weeping keepe.
IV.
Then from thy firme selfe never swerve;
Teares fat the griefe that they should sterve;
Iron decrees of destinie
Are ner'e wipe't out with a wet eye.
V.
But this way you may gaine the field,
Oppose but sorrow, and 'twill yield;
One gallant thorough-made resolve
Doth starry influence dissolve.
Scheme | ABBCC ADDEE AFXGG HHHFA HIIHH |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (24%) |
Metre | 1 11110101 01111111 11110101 110111101 1 11010111 1101101 11101110 111100110 1 1011011 11010101 1111111 11110101 1 11111101 11011111 100111 111111011 1 11111101 01110011 11010101 11010001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 796 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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