This is an analysis of Clitophon And Lucippe Translated. To The Ladies by Richard Lovelace.

Pray, ladies, breath, awhile lay by
Caelestial Sydney's ARCADY;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXXbXacXX ccdXcaeeXX XeffXdgg bbcc hhaaff
  • Stanza lengths: 14,10,8,4,6,
  • Metre: 11010111 10010100 10010111 01010001 10010101 01010001 01110111 11010100 11010110 010001100 10110100 01010100 11100010 11010100 10100100 10110100 11010111 01110100 1001110 1100100 1110101 1101101 1110110 00110110 01010100 11111101 01010111 1111101 1010001 111101101 11010011 11111111 01011101 0101011001 10101010 01100010 110011011 011011101 10010101 01010001 11111111 01010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 42