Arthur Hugh Clough
Oh, you are sick of self-love, Malvolio,And taste with a distempered appetite!--Shakspeare
Solvitur ambulando.Solutio Sophismatum.
Flevit amoresNon elaboratum ad pedem.
About this text
Arthur Hugh Clough is in the public domain. This text is taken from Amours De Voyage, Project Gutenberg ebook #1393; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Arthur Hugh Clough, Arthur Hugh Clough, in Amours de Voyage (1858), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #1393, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/clough-amours/arthur-hugh-clough.html, id L01588.
Form and metre
Arthur Hugh Clough is 7 lines in 3 verse paragraphs. It is unrhymed, as far as the pronouncing dictionary can tell. The lines average 7.0 syllables. 1 line ends on an unstressed syllable, a feminine ending.
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Scansion, line by line
Each line with its syllable count and the stresses the words themselves fix: / stressed, ˘ unstressed, · a syllable the word leaves free and the metre decides. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| Oh, you are sick of self-love, Malvolio, | 10 | ·········· |
| And taste with a distempered appetite! | 10 | ····˘/˘/˘· |
| --Shakspeare | 2 | ·· |
| Solvitur ambulando. | 7 | ······· |
| Solutio Sophismatum. | 7 | ······· |
| Flevit amores | 4 | ··/˘ |
| Non elaboratum ad pedem. | 9 | ········· |
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