Analysis of In Rufum. Catul. Ep. 64
Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657
IN RUFUM. CATUL. EP. 64.
Noli admirari, quare tibi foemina nulla,
Rufe, velit tenerum supposuisse femur;
Non ullam rarae labefactes munere vestis,
Aut pellucidulis deliciis lapidis.
Laedit te quaedam mala fabula, qua tibi fertur
Valle sub alarum trux habitare caper.
Hunc metuunt omnes, neque mirum: nam mala valde est
Bestia, nec quicum bela puella cubet.
Quare aut crudelem nasorum interfice pestem,
Aut admirari desine, cur fugiant.
That no fair woman will, wonder not why,
Clap (Rufus) under thine her tender thigh;
Not a silk gown shall once melt one of them,
Nor the delights of a transparent gemme.
A scurvy story kills thee, which doth tell,
That in thine armpits a fierce goat doth dwell.
Him they all fear full of an ugly stench:
Nor 's 't fit he should lye with a handsome wench;
Wherefore this noses cursed plague first crush,
Or cease to wonder, why they fly you thus.
Scheme | X ABCCBBDDED FFEEAAGGXC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111 111111 111110 111111 1111 111101111 1111110 11111110101 1111011 111111 11111 1111011011 1101010101 1011111111 1001100101 011011111 101101111 1111111101 111111110101 11101111 1111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 907 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 10, 10 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 232 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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