Analysis of Oreheus To Beasts

Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657



I.
Here, here, oh here! EURIDICE,
    Here was she slaine;
Her soule 'still'd through a veine:
    The gods knew lesse
That time divinitie,
    Then ev'n, ev'n these
    Of brutishnesse.

II.
Oh! could you view the melodie
    Of ev'ry grace,
And musick of her face,
    You'd drop a teare,
Seeing more harmonie
    In her bright eye,
    Then now you heare.


Scheme ABCCBDBB ADBBEXAE
Poetic Form
Metre 1 11111 1111 011101 0111 111 111111 11 1 111101 111 010101 1101 101100 0011 1111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 370
Words 61
Sentences 7
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 122
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Richard Lovelace

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