This is an analysis of The Vintage To The Dungeon. A Song by Richard Lovelace.

I.
Sing out, pent soules, sing cheerefully!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbXX cXX XXddXa cXX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,3,6,3,
  • Metre: 1 111111000 11010100 11100100 1110101 1111 10 011100111 11110001 1 11101000 1110101 11111101 101110 1111 10 1011110 1100100110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 18