Analysis of De Puero Et Praecone. Catul.
Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657
DE PUERO ET PRAECONE. CATUL.
Cum puero bello praeconem qui videt esse,
Quid credat, nisi se vendere discupere?
With a fair boy a cryer we behold,
What should we think, but he would not be sold?
| Scheme | X XX AA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 11111 11101111 111111 1011010101 1111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 226 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 50 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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