Analysis of A Lady With A Falcon On Her Fist. To The Honourable My Cousin A[nne] L[ovelace]



I.
This Queen of Prey (now prey to you),
  Fast to that pirch of ivory
In silver chaines and silken clue,
  Hath now made full thy victory:

II.
The swelling admirall of the dread
  Cold deepe, burnt in thy flames, oh faire!
Wast not enough, but thou must lead
  Bound, too, the Princesse of the aire?

III.
Unarm'd of wings and scaly oare,
  Unhappy crawler on the land,
To what heav'n fly'st? div'st to what shoare,
  That her brave eyes do not command?

IV.
Ascend the chariot of the Sun
  From her bright pow'r to shelter thee:
Her captive (foole) outgases him;
  Ah, what lost wretches then are we!

V.
Now, proud usurpers on the right
  Of sacred beauty, heare your dombe;
Recant your sex, your mastry, might;
  Lower you cannot be or'ecome:

VI.
Repent, ye er'e nam'd he or head,
  For y' are in falcon's monarchy,
And in that just dominion bred,
  In which the nobler is the shee.


Scheme ABCBC ADXDC ACECE XXCFC CGFGF ADCDX
Poetic Form Etheree  (30%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1 11111111 11111100 01010101 11111100 1 0101101 11101111 11011111 1101101 1 0111011 0101101 111111111 10111101 1 010100101 101111101 010111 1111111 1 111101 11010111 0111111 1011011 1 011011111 11101100 00110101 01010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 962
Words 162
Sentences 13
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 30
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 108
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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