Commentary Cons. Phil. Book 3 Metrum 7

Pleasure is sweet for the moment but leaves a bitter taste.

Meter: Anaclastic ionic dimeter (i.e., ionic dimeter with fourth and fifth elements reversed). Also known as anacreontic meter.

line 1: uoluptas: subject of all the verbs in this poem; here, final syllable short.
line 3: par: = similis, with genitive.
line 5: nimis tenaci: with morsu.