This is an analysis of A Forsaken Lady To Her False Servant That Is Disdained By His New Mistriss by Richard Lovelace.
Were it that you so shun me, 'cause you wish
(Cruels't) a fellow in your wretchednesse,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaXXXb ccdd XabX aabX aXeeXXdd ffaaffbb XXXXXb
- Stanza lengths: 10,4,4,4,8,8,6,
- Metre: 0011111011 101001100 1111111011 1101010101 10110011000 1101001111 1111011101 0111010111 1111010111 110110010 110111011 1110011101 1111001101 0101110101 1000011001 1101111011 0110111101 1101110110 1111110101 1101101101 0110111111 1101101010 11111111 111100100100 1101010111 10110011000 1011011101 1011010111 1101110111 1111110101 1111110101 1101010111 1111010011 1111011111 1111010111 1011101101 1111001101 111001010 11011101010 11110111101 1111011101 1101101100 1100010011 1111100111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
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