A Dialogue. Lute And Voice by Richard Lovelace: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem A Dialogue. Lute And Voice that begins with:

L. Sing, Laura, sing, whilst silent are the sphears,
And all the eyes of Heaven are turn'd to ears.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX aa bcc dd ee a ff gg baXffhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,3,2,2,1,2,2,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110101 11010101101 11111111101 1001111101 10 111111111 1000111100 110010001111 1111011101 1101111001 1111010101 10111 11111101101 0101010101 1110110011 1101110101 1010 11011010 0100 11110101 0101 11110101 10110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, touch, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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