Metrum 2

Meter: Trochaic dimeter plus ionic dimeter with a diaeresis.

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Quos: antecedent is superbis (line 4).

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cultus: "attire, trappings," genitive singular.

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intus: "within"; metaphorically: "in reality, in spirit."

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hinc: "hence".
uersat: < uerso, "keep turning," hence, "upset, disturb."

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fluctus: accusative plural, object of tollens.

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captus: < captus, "mental acuity"; accusative plural. Some manuscripts read captos, sc. dominos.

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tot: modifies tyrannos; the irony is that the tyrant is tyrannized by his own passions.