Analysis of To My Truely Valiant, Learned Friend; Who In His Brooke Resolv'd The Art Gladiatory Into The Mathematicks
Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657
I.
Hearke, reader! wilt be learn'd ith' warres?
A gen'rall in a gowne?
Strike a league with arts and scarres,
And snatch from each a crowne?
II.
Wouldst be a wonder? Such a one,
As should win with a looke?
A bishop in a garison,
And conquer by the booke?
III.
Take then this mathematick shield,
And henceforth by its rules
Be able to dispute ith' field,
And combate in the schooles.
IV.
Whilst peaceful learning once againe
And the souldier so concord,
As that he fights now with her penne,
And she writes with his sword.
TO THE READER.
Harke, reader, would'st be learn'd ith' warres,
A CAPTAINE in a gowne?
Strike a league with bookes and starres,
And weave of both the crowne?
Would'st be a wonder? Such a one
As would winne with a looke?
A schollar in a garrison?
And conquer by the booke?
Take then this mathematick shield,
And henceforth by its rules,
Be able to dispute ith' field,
And combate in the schooles.
Whil'st peacefull learning once agen
And th' souldier do concorde,
As that he fights now with her penne,
And she writes with his sword.
Rich. Lovelace, A. Glouces. Oxon.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 11011111 011001 1011101 011101 1 11010101 111101 010001 010101 1 11111 011111 11010111 01001 1 1101011 00111 11111101 011111 1010 110111111 01001 1011101 011101 111010101 111101 0100100 010101 11111 011111 11010111 01001 111011 011111 11111101 011111 11011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,261 |
Words | 200 |
Sentences | 27 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 38 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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