Lucasta At The Bath. by Richard Lovelace: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Lucasta At The Bath. that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXX Xbbcc Xdddd XaaeX addbb adXff XgXaX Xhhff Xggii XXebb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111000101 11011101 100111010 100101010 1 11010101 10111111 11110111 11111101 1 11010111 01010101 11010001 11000101 1 11110101 11111101 11111111 01010100 1 10111101 01011011 01100101 11110011 1 11011111 01110101 11010101 100110011 1 11010001 01110101 010010111 1000110 1 11110111 11010101 110011111 1101001 1 11010101 11111111 00111011 11010101 1 10011100 0101111 111101101 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.

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

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