This is an analysis of To Amarantha, That She Would Dishevel Her Hair by Richard Lovelace.

AMARANTHA sweet and fair,
Ah, braid no more that shining hair!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd XdcXXddbb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,9,
  • Metre: 1000111 11111101 11100111 10011101 1011101 10110001 11101011 010101101 10011010 11010101 1010101 11000100 1111111 010110001 10101101 11111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

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