Analysis of A Lady With A Falcon On Her Fist. To The Honourable My Cousin A[nne] L[ovelace]
Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657
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 |
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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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