Analysis of Depose Your Finger of That Ring
Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657
Depose your finger of that ring,
And crowne mine with't awhile;
Now I restor't. Pray, dos it bring
Back with it more of soile?
Or shines it not as innocent,
As honest, as before 'twas lent?
So then inrich me with that treasure,
'Twill but increase your store,
And please me (faire one) with that pleasure
Must please you still the more.
Not to save others is a curse
The blackest, when y'are ne're the worse.
| Scheme | ABABXX CDCDEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01110111 0111101 1111111 111111 11111100 11010111 11111110 110111 011111110 111101 11110101 0101111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 420 |
| Words | 80 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 156 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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