Analysis of Horace II, 13.
Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)
O fountain of Blandusia,
Whence crystal waters flow,
With garlands gay and wine I'll pay
The sacrifice I owe;
A sportive kid with budding horns
I have, whose crimson blood
Anon shall die and sanctify
Thy cool and babbling flood.
O fountain of Blandusia,
The dogstar's hateful spell
No evil brings unto the springs
That from thy bosom well;
Here oxen, wearied by the plow,
The roving cattle here,
Hasten in quest of certain rest
And quaff thy gracious cheer.
O fountain of Blandusia,
Ennobled shalt thou be,
For I shall sing the joys that spring
Beneath your ilex tree;
Yes, fountain of Blandusia,
Posterity shall know
The cooling brooks that from thy nooks
Singing and dancing go!
Scheme | Abxbxcxc Adxdxxxx Aexeabxb |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011 110101 1110111 01011 0111101 111101 1110100 1101001 11011 01101 11011001 111101 11010101 010101 10011101 011101 11011 010111 11110111 01111 11011 010011 01011111 100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 665 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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