Analysis of Senecae Ex Cleanthe
Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657
SENECAE EX CLEANTHE.
Duc me, Parens celsique Dominator poli,
Quocunque placuit, nulla parendi mora est;
Adsum impiger; fac nolle, comitabor gemens,
Malusque patiar facere, quod licuit bono.
Ducunt volentem Fata, nolentem trahunt.
Parent and Prince of Heav'n, O lead, I pray,
Where ere you please, I follow and obey.
Active I go, sighing, if you gainsay,
And suffer bad what to the good was law.
Fates lead the willing, but unwilling draw.
| Scheme | X XABXA CCBDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 1111110 11111001 111111 1111110 111011 1001111111 1111110001 101110111 0101110111 1101010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 463 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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