To Lucasta. Going Beyond The Seas. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDEE AFFGGHI AJJKKLL EMMKKNN| I | A |
| If to be absent were to be | B |
| Away from thee | B |
| Or that when I am gone | C |
| You or I were alone | D |
| Then my LUCASTA might I crave | E |
| Pity from blustring winde or swallowing wave | E |
| - | |
| II | A |
| But I'le not sigh one blast or gale | F |
| To swell my saile | F |
| Or pay a teare to swage | G |
| The foaming blew gods rage | G |
| For whether he will let me passe | H |
| Or no I'm still as happy as I was | I |
| - | |
| III | A |
| Though seas and land betwixt us both | J |
| Our faith and troth | J |
| Like separated soules | K |
| All time and space controules | K |
| Above the highest sphere wee meet | L |
| Unseene unknowne and greet as angels greet | L |
| - | |
| IV | E |
| So then we doe anticipate | M |
| Our after fate | M |
| And are alive i'th' skies | K |
| If thus our lips and eyes | K |
| Can speake like spirits unconfin'd | N |
| In Heav'n their earthy bodies left behind | N |
Richard Lovelace
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