This is an analysis of To Ellinda, That Lately I Have Not Written by Richard Lovelace.
I.
If in me anger, or disdaine…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXXaaXX XbbccXX Xccddbb
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,
- Metre: 1 00110110 01111110 011010101 11010101 11100111 010101101 1 10011101 10110101 10011111 1111011 11011111 01110111 1 11010101 11010011 1101010 0011010 10110101 110010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 21
