This is an analysis of Lucasta's World Epode by Richard Lovelace.

I.
Cold as the breath of winds that blow…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbcXXXdd XXXeXeXcc XffeXeaXe
  • Stanza lengths: 9,9,9,
  • Metre: 1 11010111 01010101 10011101 0101010 11010101 01100110 1110101 01011101 1 11100101 01001110 10011101 1101010 01010101 100101 1110101 10110101 1 1101011010 110101010 111110001 0100100 11011111 111011 110111100 11100111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 27