Another
The hand of sacred Cato, bad to tearHis breast, did start, and the made wound forbear;Then to the gash he said with angry brow:And is there ought great Cato cannot do?
Words in this poem
- angry a.
- Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous. [See Anger.]
- ought p. p.
- Was or were under obligation to pay; owed. [Orig. the preterit of the verb to owe. OE. oughte, aughte, ahte, AS. ahte. sq. root110. See Owe.]
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-4.html, id L13077.
Form and metre
Another is 4 lines in a single stanza. It is in rhyming couplets, 50% of the lines. The lines average 10.0 syllables.
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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 AA-- tearA · forbearA · brow · do
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. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| The hand of sacred Cato, bad to tear | 10 | ···/˘/˘··· |
| His breast, did start, and the made wound forbear; | 10 | ········˘/ |
| Then to the gash he said with angry brow: | 10 | ·······/˘· |
| And is there ought great Cato cannot do? | 10 | ·····/˘/˘· |
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