Another

Richard Lovelace (1617–1657) · 1649

iambic tetrameter · rhyming couplets · 4 lines · from Lucasta

What doubt'st thou, hand? sad Cato 'tis to kill;But he'l be free: sure, hand, thou doubt'st not still!Cato alive, 'tis just all men be free:Nor conquers he himself, now if he die.

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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-5.html, id L13079.

Form and metre

Another is 4 lines in a single stanza. It is in rhyming couplets. The lines average 10.0 syllables.

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Rhyme words, stanza by stanza

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  1. 1 AABB killA · stillA · freeB · dieB
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.

LineSyl.Stress
What doubt'st thou, hand? sad Cato 'tis to kill;10·····/˘···
But he'l be free: sure, hand, thou doubt'st not still!10··········
Cato alive, 'tis just all men be free:10/˘˘/······
Nor conquers he himself, now if he die.10·/˘·˘/····

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