Analysis of To Lucasta, Going Beyond the Seas



If to be absent were to be
Away from thee;
Or that when I am gone,
You or I were alone, -
Then, my Lucasta, might I crave
Pity from blust'ring wind or swallowing wave.

But I'll not sigh one blast or gale
To swell my sail,
Or pay a tear to 'suage
The foaming blue god's rage;
For whether he will let me pass
Or no, I'm still as happy as I was.

Though seas and land betwixt us both,
Our faith and troth,
Like separated souls,
All time and space controls:
Above the highest sphere we meet
Unseen, unknown, and greet as angels greet.

So then we do anticipate
Our after-fate,
And are alive i'th' skies,
If thus our lips and eyes
Can speak like spirits unconfined
In Heaven, their earthy bodies left behind.


Scheme AAXXBB CCDDXX EEFFGG HHIIJJ
Poetic Form
Metre 11110011 0111 111111 111001 111111 10111111001 11111111 1111 110111 010111 11011111 1111110111 11010111 10101 11001 110101 01010111 0101011101 1111010 10101 01011111 1110101 1111001 01011010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 687
Words 138
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 134
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 02, 2023

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Richard Lovelace

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