Another
The Centaur, Syren, I foregoe;Those have been sung, and lowdly too:Nor of the mixed Sphynx Ile write,Nor the renown'd Hermaphrodite.Behold! this huddle doth appearOf horses, coach and charioteer,That moveth him by traverse law,And doth himself both drive and draw;Then, when the Sunn the south doth winne,He baits him hot in his own inne.I heard a grave and austere clarkResolv'd him pilot both and barque;That, like the fam'd ship of TREVERE,Did on the shore himself lavere:Yet the authentick do beleeve,Who keep their judgement in their sleeve,That he is his own double man,And sick still carries his sedan:Or that like dames i'th land of Luyck,He wears his everlasting huyck.But banisht, I admire his fate,Since neither ostracisme of state,Nor a perpetual exile,Can force this virtue, change his soyl:For, wheresoever he doth go,He wanders with his country too.
Words in this poem
- centaur n.
- A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.
- huddle v. i.
- To press together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to press or hurry in disorder; to crowd. [Cf. OE. hoderen, hodren, to cover, keep, warm; perh. akin to OE. huden, hiden, to hide, E. hide, and orig. meaning, to get together for protection in a safe pla]
- charioteer n.
- One who drives a chariot.
- sunn n.
- An East Indian leguminous plant (Crotalaria juncea) and its fiber, which is also called sunn hemp. [Hind. san, fr. Skr. çana.]
- winne v. t.
- To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country. [OE. winnen, AS. winnan to strive, labor, fight, endure; akin to OFries. winna, OS. winnan, D. winnen to win, gain, G. gewinnen, OHG. winnan to strive, struggle,]
- barque n.
- Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind. [F. barque, fr. Sp. or It. barca, fr. LL. barca for barica. See Barge.]
- lavere v. i.
- To beat against the wind; to tack. [D. laveren.]
- sedan n.
- A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a single person, -- usually borne on poles by two men. Called also sedan chair. [Said to be named from Sedan, in France, where it was first made, and whence it was introduced into England in the time of King Charles I.]
- admire v. t.
- To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at. [F. admirer, fr. L. admirari; ad + mirari to wonder, for smirari, akin to Gr. smi, and E. smile.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
Another is in the public domain. This text is taken from Lucasta, Project Gutenberg ebook #703; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Richard Lovelace, Another, in Lucasta (1649), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #703, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/lovelace-lucasta/another-2.html, id L13060.
Form and metre
Another is 26 lines in a single stanza. It is in rhyming couplets, 69% of the lines: octosyllabic couplets. The metre is iambic tetrameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 89%). 98% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 8.1 syllables. 1 line ends on an unstressed syllable, a feminine ending. 8% of the lines run on without a stop at the line end.
See other poems in octosyllabic couplets, other poems in iambic tetrameter.
Measured by Laurel's pipeline, not copied from a handbook: how stress and metre are counted, how rhyme is lettered, how a drifted rhyme is found. Where the dictionary cannot confirm a rhyme the letter is withheld, not guessed.
Rhyme words, stanza by stanza
The word that ends each line, lettered by the rhyme it makes; a dash is a line whose rhyme the dictionary could not confirm.
- 1 -ABBCCDDEEFFC-GGHHIIJJ---A foregoe · tooA · writeB · hermaphroditeB · appearC · charioteerC · lawD · drawD · winneE · inneE · clarkF · barqueF · trevereC · lavere · beleeveG · sleeveG · manH · sedanH · luyckI · huyckI · fateJ · stateJ · exile · soyl · go · tooA
Scansion, line by line
Each line with its syllable count and the stresses the words themselves fix: / stressed, ˘ unstressed, · a syllable the word leaves free and the metre decides. Read against iambic tetrameter. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| The Centaur, Syren, I foregoe; | 9 | ·/·/˘···· |
| Those have been sung, and lowdly too: | 8 | ········ |
| Nor of the mixed Sphynx Ile write, | 9 | ····˘···· |
| Nor the renown'd Hermaphrodite. | 8 | ··˘/˘/˘· |
| Behold! this huddle doth appear | 8 | ˘/·/˘·˘/ |
| Of horses, coach and charioteer, | 8 | ·/˘····· |
| That moveth him by traverse law, | 8 | ·····/˘· |
| And doth himself both drive and draw; | 8 | ··˘/···· |
| Then, when the Sunn the south doth winne, | 8 | ········ |
| He baits him hot in his own inne. | 8 | ········ |
| I heard a grave and austere clark | 8 | ·····˘/· |
| Resolv'd him pilot both and barque; | 8 | ˘/·/˘··· |
| That, like the fam'd ship of TREVERE, | 8 | ········ |
| Did on the shore himself lavere: | 9 | ····˘/˘/˘ |
| Yet the authentick do beleeve, | 8 | ········ |
| Who keep their judgement in their sleeve, | 8 | ···/˘··· |
| That he is his own double man, | 8 | ·····/˘· |
| And sick still carries his sedan: | 8 | ···/˘·˘/ |
| Or that like dames i'th land of Luyck, | 8 | ········ |
| He wears his everlasting huyck. | 8 | ····˘/˘· |
| But banisht, I admire his fate, | 8 | ····˘/·· |
| Since neither ostracisme of state, | 8 | ·/˘····· |
| Nor a perpetual exile, | 8 | ··˘/˘˘/· |
| Can force this virtue, change his soyl: | 8 | ···/˘··· |
| For, wheresoever he doth go, | 8 | ········ |
| He wanders with his country too. | 8 | ·/˘··/˘· |
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