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Love Rhythm Richard Lovelace Scrutiny  X2 Iambic Tetrameter

Front Richard Lovelace - The Scrutiny 
Rhythm x2
Back •Iambic tetrameter - conversational and measured rhythm - makes argument seem rehearsed and cleverly constructed.
•Therefore iambs make him seem cold and without feeling, contrasting with pentameter in love sonnets because briefer as he doesn't love her, or his love is brief + transient?

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