Mar. Lib. IV. Ep. 33
Et latet et lucet, Phaetontide condita guttaUt videatur apis nectare clausa suo.Sic modo, quae fuerat vita contempta manente,Funeribus facta est jam preciosa suis.
Words in this poem
- apis n.
- A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee (Apis mellifica) and other related species. See Honeybee. [L., bee.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
Mar. Lib. IV. Ep. 33 is in the public domain. This text is taken from Lucasta, Project Gutenberg ebook #703; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Richard Lovelace, Mar. Lib. IV. Ep. 33, in Lucasta (1649), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #703, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/lovelace-lucasta/mar-lib-iv-ep-33.html, id L25389.
Form and metre
Mar. Lib. IV. Ep. 33 is 4 lines in a single stanza. This poem did not settle on a metre of its own; the book it comes from is in iambic tetrameter.
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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. Read against iambic tetrameter. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| Et latet et lucet, Phaetontide condita gutta | 14 | ············/˘ |
| Ut videatur apis nectare clausa suo. | 11 | ····/˘····· |
| Sic modo, quae fuerat vita contempta manente, | 13 | ······/˘····· |
| Funeribus facta est jam preciosa suis. | 13 | ······˘/····· |
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