Analysis of Mart. Lib. I. Epi. 14.
Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657
MART. LIB. I. EPI. 14.
Casta suo gladium cum traderet Arria Paeto,
Quem de visceribus traxerat ipsa suis;
Si qua fides, vulnus quod feci non dolet, inquit:
Sed quod tu facies, hoc mihi, Paete, dolet.
When brave chast Arria to her Poetus gave
The sword from her own breast did bleeding wave:
If there be faith, this wound smarts not, said she;
But what you'l make, ah, that will murder me.
| Scheme | X AXAA BBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 10111111 111111 111111111 11111111 11111011 0110111101 1111111111 11111111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 420 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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