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De Asino Qui Dentibus Aeneidem Consumpsit.

Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657

DE ASINO QUI DENTIBUS AENEIDEM CONSUMPSIT.

Carminis iliaci libros consumpsit asellus;
  Hoc fatum Troiae est: aut equus, aut asinus.

         THE ASSE EATING THE AENEIDS.

A wretched asse the Aeneids did destroy:
A horse or asse is still the fate of Troy.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X AA A BB
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 257
Words 43
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 1, 2
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