Analysis of Horace To His Lute
Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)
If ever in the sylvan shade
A song immortal we have made,
Come now, O lute, I pri' thee come--
Inspire a song of Latium.
A Lesbian first thy glories proved--
In arms and in repose he loved
To sweep thy dulcet strings and raise
His voice in Love's and Liber's praise;
The Muses, too, and him who clings
To Mother Venus' apron-strings,
And Lycus beautiful, he sung
In those old days when you were young.
O shell, that art the ornament
Of Phoebus, bringing sweet content
To Jove, and soothing troubles all--
Come and requite me, when I call!
Scheme | AABB XXCCDDEE XXFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11000101 01010111 11111111 010111 010011101 01000111 11110101 1101011 01010111 11010101 0110011 01111101 11110100 11010110 11010101 1011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 531 |
Words | 102 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 8, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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