Analysis of Cuncta Licet Cecidisse Putas Discrimina Rerum
John Skelton 1460 (Norfolk) – 1529 (London)
Cuncta licet cecidisse putas discrimina rerum,
Et prius incerta nunc tibi certa manent,
Consiliis usure meis tamen aspice caute,
Subdola non fallat te dea fraude sua:
Saepe solet placido mortales fallere vultu,
Et cute sub placida tabida saepe dolent;
Ut quando secura putas et cuncta serena,
Anguis sub viridi gramine saepe latet.
Though ye suppose all jeperdys ar paste,
And all is done that ye lokyd for before,
Ware yet, I rede you, of Fortunes dowble cast,
For one fals poynt she is wont to kepe in store,
And vnder the fell oft festered is the sore:
That when ye thynke all daunger for to pas,
Ware of the lesard lyeth lurkyng in the gras.
Qd Skelton, laureat.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 1111111 111111 1111111 11100111 111010111 111111010 111111 11011111 0111111101 1111111011 11111111101 0101110101 111111111 110111001 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 659 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 15, 1 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 265 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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