This is an analysis of Mart. Epi. Xliii. Lib. I. by Richard Lovelace.

MART. EPI. XLIII. LIB. I.
Conjugis audisset fatum cum Portia Bruti,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXXXX X XXaXXa
  • Stanza lengths: 1,6,1,6,
  • Metre: 110111 1001001011010 1100101001010 1010110110100 100010111010 101100100101100 111101010010 010 1100111101 1101110100 11111100010 1011011110 11010111010 1101111001
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 14