Analysis of Mart. Epi. XLIII. Lib. I.
Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657
MART. EPI. XLIII. LIB. I.
Conjugis audisset fatum cum Portia Bruti,
Et substracta sibi quaereret arma dolor,
Nondum scitis, ait, mortem non posse negari,
Credideram satis hoc vos docuisse patrem.
Dixit, et ardentes avido bibit ore favillas.
I nunc, et ferrum turba molesta nega.
When Portia her dear lord's sad fate did hear,
And noble grief sought arms were hid from her:
Know you not yet no hinderance of death is,
Cato, I thought, enough had taught you this,
So said, her thirsty lips drink flaming coales:
Go now, deny me steel, officious fools!
| Scheme | X XAAXBX AABBBB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 1111101 111111 111101101 111111 1111111 1111111 1100111111 0101110110 111111111 1011011111 1101011101 11011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 579 |
| Words | 98 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 143 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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