Dialogue Lucasta, Alexis by Richard Lovelace: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Dialogue Lucasta, Alexis that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXb cXb cddee XXfgg hhcX XXaXaXXdX Xiiaa cddjj cffXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,5,5,4,9,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 100 1101010100 1111001010 010 0001010101 1111111001 10 0101010111 1011011101 1011011101 1111111101 1 11101010100 1101110101 1000010001010 10010110010 11001001101 1100111101 1101010111 0101110100 1 101111110110 1011110011 110011010110 1101110111 111001110111 0111011100 1101010011 1101110010 1 101111100111 1101110001 11111110101 0111010001 10 1010110001001 1111110101 11101110101 1111110101 01 1010111001 0100010111 1110110101 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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; us is repeated.

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