Analysis of Horace and Lydia Reconciled
Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)
When you were mine in auld lang syne,
And when none else your charms might ogle,
I'll not deny,
Fair nymph, that I
Was happier than a Persian mogul.
Before she came--that rival flame!--
(Was ever female creature sillier?)
In those good times,
Bepraised in rhymes,
I was more famed than Mother Ilia!
Chloe of Thrace! With what a grace
Does she at song or harp employ her!
I'd gladly die
If only I
Might live forever to enjoy her!
My Sybaris so noble is
That, by the gods! I love him madly--
That I might save
Him from the grave
I'd give my life, and give it gladly!
What if ma belle from favor fell,
And I made up my mind to shake her,
Would Lydia, then,
Come back again
And to her quondam flame betake her?
My other beau should surely go,
And you alone should find me gracious;
For no one slings
Such odes and things
As does the lauriger Horatius!
Scheme | ABACB XDEEB XDCCD XFGGF XDAAD XHIIH |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tetractys (53%) Etheree (27%) |
Metre | 11010111 011111110 1101 1111 1100101010 01111101 110110100 0111 101 11111101 10111101 111111010 1101 1101 110101010 111101 110111110 1111 1101 111101110 11111101 011111110 11001 1101 01011010 11011101 010111110 1111 1101 1101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 937 |
Words | 174 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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