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

I.
Amarantha sweet and faire,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bbaa X cXdX X XdcX X ddaa a eedd a ffaa X eeXX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
  • Metre: 1 1000111 11111101 11100111 10011101 1 1011101 10110001 11101011 0101111 1 1011010 11010101 1010101 11000100 1 1111111 010110101 1010101 11111101 1 1110101 010101001 1011111 11110101 1 11111110 010101110 1111111 11011011 1 1110111 110011101 11101001 110111101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 14
  • Lines: 35