This is an analysis of To Lucasta. Going Beyond The Seas. by Richard Lovelace.
I.
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaabbcc XXXXXad XeedXff Xffddgg
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,
- Metre: 1 00010000 0101 111111 111001 11100111 10010111001 1 11111111 0111 110101 010111 110101111 1101110111 1 11110111 1111 110101 1111100 01010111 1010111101 1 11110101 1101 110111 011111 11110101 0111010101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 28