Analysis of Lucasta Weeping

Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657



I.
Lucasta wept, and still the bright
   Inamour'd god of day,
With his soft handkercher of light,
   Kist the wet pearles away.

II.
But when her teares his heate or'ecame,
   In cloudes he quensht his beames,
And griev'd, wept out his eye of flame,
   So drowned her sad streames.

III.
At this she smiled, when straight the sun
   Cleer'd by her kinde desires;
And by her eyes reflexion
   Fast kindl'd there his fires.


Scheme ABCBC ADEDE AFEFE
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1 110101 1111 111111 101101 1 1101111 011111 01111111 11011 1 11111101 1101010 01011 1101110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 454
Words 75
Sentences 7
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 103
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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