Analysis of To Lucasta. The Rose.



I.
Sweet serene skye-like flower,
Haste to adorn her bower;
  From thy long clowdy bed
  Shoot forth thy damaske head.

II.
New-startled blush of FLORA!
The griefe of pale AURORA,
  Who will contest no more,
  Haste, haste, to strowe her floore.

III.
Vermilion ball, that's given
From lip to lip in Heaven;
  Loves couches cover-led,
  Haste, haste, to make her bed.

IV.
Dear offspring of pleas'd VENUS,
And jollie plumpe SILENUS;
  Haste, haste, to decke the haire,
  Of th' only sweetly faire.

V.
See! rosie is her bower,
Her floore is all this flower;
  Her bed a rosie nest
  By a bed of roses prest.

VI.
But early as she dresses,
Why fly you her bright tresses?
  Ah! I have found, I feare;
  Because her cheekes are neere.


Scheme ABBCC ADDXB AEECC FGGHH FBBII AXXBB
Poetic Form Etheree  (43%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1 1011110 1101010 11111 11111 1 1101110 0111010 111011 111101 1 0101110 1111010 110101 111101 1 111110 01011 111101 11110101 1 1101010 0111110 010101 1011101 1 1101110 1110110 111111 010111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 806
Words 130
Sentences 17
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 30
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 89
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Richard Lovelace

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