Persica - hexameter
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Persica - hexameter
In ego rus movurus meque edam tot persica multa
In ego rus movurus meque edam tot persica multa
Persica mi decies centenaque millia large
Persica mi decies centenaque millia large
In ego rus movurus meque edam tot persica multa
Persica mi decies centenaque millia large
Persica mi decies centenaque millia large
“Cum ego verbo utar,” Humpty Dumpty dixit voce contempta, “indicat illud quod optem – nec plus nec minus.”
“Est tamen rogatio” dixit Alice, “an efficere verba tot res indicare possis.”
“Rogatio est, “Humpty Dumpty responsit, “quae fiat magister – id cunctum est.”
“Est tamen rogatio” dixit Alice, “an efficere verba tot res indicare possis.”
“Rogatio est, “Humpty Dumpty responsit, “quae fiat magister – id cunctum est.”
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i enjoyed the sense of your couplet/quatrain, K., as far as my tentative translation takes me. as for metre, the first syllable of lines 1 and 2 scans short where a long is need. if movurus (?) is for moturus, your hexameter line becomes a heptameter; even if you scanned the word as an anapaest (uu-) you would have one too many syllables. the last two lines scan fine.
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Ugh - the first syllable is mere stupidity. I mixed it around so many times I missed to most basic thing!!
Moturus (of course not movurus!! Shame on me!) I checked in perseus which indicated the first 2 syllables scan short. I don't see how I have too many syllables. "-que" is elided isn't it?
Moturus (of course not movurus!! Shame on me!) I checked in perseus which indicated the first 2 syllables scan short. I don't see how I have too many syllables. "-que" is elided isn't it?
“Cum ego verbo utar,” Humpty Dumpty dixit voce contempta, “indicat illud quod optem – nec plus nec minus.”
“Est tamen rogatio” dixit Alice, “an efficere verba tot res indicare possis.”
“Rogatio est, “Humpty Dumpty responsit, “quae fiat magister – id cunctum est.”
“Est tamen rogatio” dixit Alice, “an efficere verba tot res indicare possis.”
“Rogatio est, “Humpty Dumpty responsit, “quae fiat magister – id cunctum est.”
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thanks for the reply, K. i can only imagine your checking of moueo was simply of the first two vowels of the 1st.sg.act.ind., i.e. moueo (which does indeed scan uu-). moturus exhibits a lengthened o (< supine motum w/ long o) and the suffix -urus, which has a long u. if you want an example of its being used in dactylic hexameter, cf. Luc.10.316: quis te tam flentem / moturum totas uiolenti gurgitis iras, / Nile, putet? where moturum is of course a molossus (---). with the elision of que, your first two lines scans thus (/ marks feet and | word division):
u|uu / -|- / --|/ -|-/ -|-|/ -uu|/ -u
which is a rather spondaic version of a dactylic heptameter (something I have not yet come to know).
state what you want the english to be and then possible alterations can be considered, si placet.
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u|uu / -|- / --|/ -|-/ -|-|/ -uu|/ -u
which is a rather spondaic version of a dactylic heptameter (something I have not yet come to know).
state what you want the english to be and then possible alterations can be considered, si placet.
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Thanks for all your comments again, W. The english is:whiteoctave wrote:state what you want the english to be and then possible alterations can be considered, si placet.
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I'm moving to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches
I'm moving to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches
Millions of peaches, peaches for me
Millions of peaches, peaches for free
“Cum ego verbo utar,” Humpty Dumpty dixit voce contempta, “indicat illud quod optem – nec plus nec minus.”
“Est tamen rogatio” dixit Alice, “an efficere verba tot res indicare possis.”
“Rogatio est, “Humpty Dumpty responsit, “quae fiat magister – id cunctum est.”
“Est tamen rogatio” dixit Alice, “an efficere verba tot res indicare possis.”
“Rogatio est, “Humpty Dumpty responsit, “quae fiat magister – id cunctum est.”
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As for moturus, however, W, it does seem to be short :
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/fu ... ormentry=0
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/fu ... ormentry=0
“Cum ego verbo utar,” Humpty Dumpty dixit voce contempta, “indicat illud quod optem – nec plus nec minus.”
“Est tamen rogatio” dixit Alice, “an efficere verba tot res indicare possis.”
“Rogatio est, “Humpty Dumpty responsit, “quae fiat magister – id cunctum est.”
“Est tamen rogatio” dixit Alice, “an efficere verba tot res indicare possis.”
“Rogatio est, “Humpty Dumpty responsit, “quae fiat magister – id cunctum est.”
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Okay, after the above defeat at the hands of WhiteOctave, let me try again:
Rure habitaturus cenabo persica multa,
persica mi decies centenaque millia, large.
I believe it scans:
- u u | - - | - - | - - | - u u | - u |
- u u | - u u | - u u | - u u | - u u | - - |
Too many spondees perhaps in the first line, but well, ita est.
Rure habitaturus cenabo persica multa,
persica mi decies centenaque millia, large.
I believe it scans:
- u u | - - | - - | - - | - u u | - u |
- u u | - u u | - u u | - u u | - u u | - - |
Too many spondees perhaps in the first line, but well, ita est.
“Cum ego verbo utar,” Humpty Dumpty dixit voce contempta, “indicat illud quod optem – nec plus nec minus.”
“Est tamen rogatio” dixit Alice, “an efficere verba tot res indicare possis.”
“Rogatio est, “Humpty Dumpty responsit, “quae fiat magister – id cunctum est.”
“Est tamen rogatio” dixit Alice, “an efficere verba tot res indicare possis.”
“Rogatio est, “Humpty Dumpty responsit, “quae fiat magister – id cunctum est.”
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