Book Iv - Part 01 - Proem Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBEFGBHIJKLMNOBPQ EQBRBBQQSDBQBBQ| I wander afield thriving in sturdy thought | A |
| Through unpathed haunts of the Pierides | B |
| Trodden by step of none before I joy | C |
| To come on undefiled fountains there | D |
| To drain them deep I joy to pluck new flowers | B |
| To seek for this my head a signal crown | E |
| From regions where the Muses never yet | F |
| Have garlanded the temples of a man | G |
| First since I teach concerning mighty things | B |
| And go right on to loose from round the mind | H |
| The tightened coils of dread Religion | I |
| Next since concerning themes so dark I frame | J |
| Song so pellucid touching all throughout | K |
| Even with the Muses' charm which as 'twould seem | L |
| Is not without a reasonable ground | M |
| For as physicians when they seek to give | N |
| Young boys the nauseous wormwood first do touch | O |
| The brim around the cup with the sweet juice | B |
| And yellow of the honey in order that | P |
| The thoughtless age of boyhood be cajoled | Q |
| As far as the lips and meanwhile swallow down | E |
| The wormwood's bitter draught and though befooled | Q |
| Be yet not merely duped but rather thus | B |
| Grow strong again with recreated health | R |
| So now I too since this my doctrine seems | B |
| In general somewhat woeful unto those | B |
| Who've had it not in hand and since the crowd | Q |
| Starts back from it in horror have desired | Q |
| To expound our doctrine unto thee in song | S |
| Soft speaking and Pierian and as 'twere | D |
| To touch it with sweet honey of the Muse | B |
| If by such method haply I might hold | Q |
| The mind of thee upon these lines of ours | B |
| Till thou dost learn the nature of all things | B |
| And understandest their utility | Q |
Lucretius
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