This is an analysis of Cupid Far Gone by Richard Lovelace.

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What, so beyond all madnesse is the elf,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXcc XddaaXX XaXeeaa XfffXgg affhhcc
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,7,
  • Metre: 1 1101110001 11111001 01010001 1001100 01010101 1111011101 1 1111010100 01011101 1101101 11011101 11010110 1101001000 1 1000110101 1001010 10010101 10010101 11101101 1101000101 1 0111000111 101111011 11010101 10011000 11001101 1101010101 1 0101100101 11010001 11001101 11010111 110100001 11101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 35

Repeated words/phrases

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