Analysis of Ad M. T. Ciceronem. Catul Ep. 50.
Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657
AD M. T. CICERONEM.
CATUL EP. 50.
Disertissime Romuli nepotum,
Quot sunt, quotque fuere, Marce Tulli,
Quotque post alios erunt in annos,
Gratias tibi maximas Catullus
Agit, pessimus omnium poeta:
Tanto pessimus omnium poeta,
Quanto tu optimus omnium patronus.
TO MARCUS T. CICERO.
IN AN ENGLISH PENTASTICK.
Tully to thee, Rome's eloquent sole heir,
The best of all that are, shall be, and were,
I the worst poet send my best thanks and pray'r:
Ev'n by how much the worst of poets I,
By so much you the best of patrones be.
| Scheme | AX AXBBCCB XX XXXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 11 111 111111 111101 1111 1111 1111 11111 110110 01101 1011110011 0111111100 101101111011 11111011101 111101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 555 |
| Words | 94 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 7, 2, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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