Analysis of Missing title : skey: LA BELLA BONA

Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657



I.
I cannot tell, who loves the skeleton
Of a poor marmoset; nought but boan, boan;
Give me a nakednesse, with her cloath's on.

II.
Such, whose white-sattin upper coat of skin,
Cut upon velvet rich incarnadin,
Has yet a body (and of flesh) within.

III.
Sure, it is meant good husbandry in men,
Who do incorporate with aery leane,
T' repair their sides, and get their ribb agen.

IV.
Hard hap unto that huntsman, that decrees
Fat joys for all his swet, when as he sees,
After his 'say, nought but his keepers fees.

V.
Then, Love, I beg, when next thou tak'st thy bow,
Thy angry shafts, and dost heart-chasing go,
Passe RASCALL DEARE, strike me the largest doe.


Scheme ABXX ACBC AXBB DEEE DXFF
Poetic Form Tetractys  (30%)
Metre 1 1101110100 101101111 11011011 1 111110111 1011011 1101001101 1 1111110001 11010111 1011101111 1 1110110101 1111111111 1011111101 1 11111111111 1101011101 111110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 727
Words 123
Sentences 11
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 99
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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