Metrum 2

Meter: Dactylic tetrameter catalectic. Since dactylic lines of fewer than six feet normally end in - u u, the ending - - is catalectic.

line 1

1: *PA/NT' E)FORA=N KAI= PA/NT' E)PAKOU/EIN Iliad 3.277 (of the sun), modified slightly to fit the syntax: after canit (verse 3) Phoebum is the subject accusative and E)FORA=N and E)PAKOU/EIN are the infinitives: "Homer sings that Phoebus . . . 'sees all and hears all.'"

line 3

melliflui: melliflui . . . oris: genitive of description.
oris: melliflui . . . oris: genitive of description.

line 4

qui: sc. Phoebus.
intima uiscera terrae: intima uiscera terrae . . . aut pelagi: object of perrumpere.

line 5

aut pelagi: intima uiscera terrae . . . aut pelagi: object of perrumpere.

line 11

11: Past, present, and future.

line 13

solus: solus . . . solem: note word-play.

line 14

solem: solus . . . solem: note word-play.