Analysis of Gratiana Dancing

Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657



SHE beat the happy pavement--
By such a star made firmament,
   Which now no more the roof envies!
   But swells up high, with Atlas even,
   Bearing the brighter nobler heaven,
   And, in her, all the deities.

Each step trod out a Lover's thought,
And the ambitious hopes he brought
   Chain'd to her brave feet with such arts,
   Such sweet command and gentle awe,
   As, when she ceased, we sighing saw
   The floor lay paved with broken hearts.


Scheme AABXXB CCBXBB
Poetic Form
Metre 1101010 110111 1111011 111111010 100101010 00010100 11110101 00010111 11011111 11010101 11111101 01111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 456
Words 79
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 6
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 165
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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