Analysis of Ausonius Lib. Epig.
Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657
AUSONIUS LIB. EPIG.
Trinarii quodam currentem in littoris ora
Ante canes leporem caeruleus rapuit;
At lepus: in me omnis terrae pelagique rapina est,
Forsitan et coeli, si canis astra tenet.
On the Sicilian strand a hare well wrought
Before the hounds was by a dog-fish caught;
Quoth she: all rape of sea and earth's on me,
Perhaps of heav'n, if there a dog-star be.
Scheme | X XAAA AABB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 1110110 101111 1101111101 111111010 10010010111 0101110111 1111110111 0111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 398 |
Words | 67 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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