Analysis of Mart. Ep. XV. Lib. 6.
Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657
MART. EP. XV. LIB. 6.
Dum Phaetontea formica vagatur in umbra,
Implicuit tenuem succina gutta feram,
Dignum tantorum pretium tulit illa laborum:
Credibile est ipsam sic voluisse mori.
Whilst in an amber-shade the ant doth feast,
A gummy drop ensnares the small wild-beast,
A full reward of all her toyls hath she;
'Tis to be thought she would her self so die.
| Scheme | X XAAB CCBX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 110101010 11111 111111 10111110 1011010111 0101010111 0101110111 1111110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 390 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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