Analysis of Dialogue Lucasta, Alexis
Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657
I.
Lucasta.
TELL me, ALEXIS, what this parting is,
That so like dying is, but is not it?
Alexis.
It is a swounding for a while from blisse,
'Till kind HOW DOE YOU call's us from the fit.
Chorus.
If then the spirits only stray, let mine
Fly to thy bosome, and my soule to thine:
Thus in our native seate we gladly give
Our right for one, where we can better live.
II.
Lu. But ah, this ling'ring, murdring farewel!
Death quickly wounds, and wounding cures the ill.
Alex. It is the glory of a valiant lover,
Still to be dying, still for to recover.
Cho. Soldiers suspected of their courage goe,
That ensignes and their breasts untorne show:
Love nee're his standard, when his hoste he sets,
Creates alone fresh-bleeding bannerets.
III.
Alex. But part we, when thy figure I retaine
Still in my heart, still strongly in mine eye?
Lu. Shadowes no longer than the sun remaine,
But his beams, that made 'em, fly, they fly.
Cho. Vaine dreames of love! that only so much blisse
Allow us, as to know our wretchednesse;
And deale a larger measure in our paine
By showing joy, then hiding it againe.
IV.
Alex. No, whilst light raigns, LUCASTA still rules here,
And all the night shines wholy in this sphere.
Lu. I know no morne but my ALEXIS ray,
To my dark thoughts the breaking of the day.
Chorus.
Alex. So in each other if the pitying sun
Thus keep us fixt, nere may his course be run!
Lu. And oh! if night us undivided make;
Let us sleepe still, and sleeping never wake!
The close.
Cruel ADIEUS may well adjourne awhile
The sessions of a looke, a kisse, or smile,
And leave behinde an angry grieving blush;
But time nor fate can part us joyned thus.
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
Metre | 1 1 1101011101 1111011111 010 110110111 1111111101 10 1101010111 111101111 10101011101 10111111101 1 11111111 1101010101 1011010101010 11110111010 11001011101 1101111 11111011111 01011101 1 10111111011 1011110011 111101011 111111111 11111110111 011111101 01010100101 110111011 1 1011111111 010111011 11111110101 1111010101 10 1010110101001 1111111111 1011110101 1111010101 01 10111101 0101010111 011110101 111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 2,165 |
Words | 309 |
Sentences | 37 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 5, 5, 4, 9, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 45 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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