Metrum 4

Meter: Iambic dimeter catalectic (i.e., lacking final syllable) alternating with pherecratics.

line 1

uolet: future instead of the present uult (cf. line 6, curat) for sake of meter.

line 3

stabilis: nominative singular masculine.

line 4

Euri: the east wind.

line 8

uitet: hortatory subjunctive in main clause.

line 9

illud: sc. cacumen.

line 11

hae: sc. harenae.
pendulum: "pulled downward by gravity"; modifies pondus.

line 15

memento: imperative < memini, "remember."

line 19

quieti: ablative of place where with conditus.

line 20

ualli: genitive < uallum, "rampart."