Analysis of Idem Latine Redditum
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Heu inimicitias quoties parit æmula forma,
Quam raro pulchrae, pulchra placere potest!
Sed fines ultrà solitos discordia tendit,
Cum flores ipsos bilis et ira movent.
Hortus ubi dulces præbet tacitosque recessûs,
Se rapit in partes gens animosa duas,
Hic sibi regales Amaryllis candida cultûs,
Illic purpureo vindicat ore Rosa.
Ira Rosam et meritis quæsita superbia tangunt,
Multaque ferventi vix cohibenda sinû,
Dum sibi fautorum ciet undique nomina vatûm,
Iusque suum, multo carmine fulta, probat.
Altior emicat illa, et celso vertice nutat,
Ceu flores inter non habitura parem,
Fastiditque alios, et nata videtur in usûs,
Imperii, sceptrum, Flora quod ipsa gerat.
Nec Dea non sensit civilis murmura rixæ,
Cui curæ est pictas pandere ruris opes.
Deliciasque suas nunquam non prompta tueri,
Dum licet et locus est, ut tueatur, adest.
Et tibi forma datur procerior omnibus, inquit,
Et tibi, principibus qui solet esse, color,
Et donec vincat quædam formosior ambas,
Et tibi reginæ nomen, et esto tibi.
His ubi sedatus furor est, petit utraque nympham
Qualem inter Veneres Anglia sola parit;
Hanc penes imperium est, nihil optant amplius, hujus
Regnant in nitidis, et sine lite, genis.
Scheme | ABBB C CC A BX X B BAC B X CDB BDCX ABCX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111010 111111 111111 11111101 111111011 1101111 110101010011 111110 101111111 11111 11111111 1111011 11111011 1101111 111101011 1110111 1111111 11011111 111111 1111001111 1110111001 11111110 1111111 1111111 11110011011 1011100101 111011111 10111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,188 |
Words | 186 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 03, 2023
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