Analysis of Ausonius

Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657



Vane, quid affectas faciem mihi ponere, pictor,
  Ignotamque oculis solicitare manu?
Aeris et venti sum filia, mater inanis
  Indicii, vocemque sine mente gero.
Auribus in vestris habito penetrabilis echo;
  Si mihi vis similem pingere, pinge sonos.

Vain painter, why dost strive my face to draw
With busy hands? a goddesse eyes nere saw.
Daughter of air and wind, I do rejoyce
In empty shouts; (without a mind) a voice.
Within your ears shrill echo I rebound,
And, if you'l paint me like, then paint a sound.


Scheme AXBAXB ABBBCC
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111 1111 111011101 111110 1011110 1111111 1101111111 110101111 101101111 0101010101 0111110101 01111111101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 544
Words 91
Sentences 10
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 6
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 198
Words per stanza (avg) 43
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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