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tūncĕtĭāmfātīsăpĕrītCāssāndrăfŭtūris
2
Vivid presentaperit
Hyperbatonfatis futuris
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ōrā,deīiūssūnōnūmquāmcrēdĭtăTeūcrīs.
4
Litotesnon umquam
Notedei iussu Apollo granted Cassandra the ability to predict the future to convince her to sleep with him, when she changed her mind, he cursed her to never be believed.
NoteABBA Cassandra
NoteSpondaic
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nōsdēlūbrădĕūmmĭsĕrī,quĭbŭsūltĭmŭsēsset
3
Hyperbatonnos miseri
Pathosmiseri
Superlativeultimus
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īllĕdĭēs,fēstāvēlāmūsfrōndĕpĕrūrbem.
3
Vivid presentvelamus
Hyperbatonfesta fronde
Displacementper urbem
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vērtĭtŭrīntĕrĕācaēlum͜ētrŭĭtōcĕănōnōx,
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Advancementvertitur
Vivid presentvertitur
Advancementruit
Vivid presentruit
Displacementnox
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īnvōlvēnsūmbrāmāgnātērrāmquĕpŏlūmque
3
Advancementinvolvens
Variatiocaelum, polum
NoteSpondaic
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Mӯrmĭdŏnūmquĕdŏlōs;fūsīpērmoēnĭăTeūcri
4
SynecdocheMyrmidonumque
Displacementdolos
NoteHyperbaton/encapsulation fusi per moenia Teucri
NoteSync.
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cōntĭcŭērĕ,sŏpōrfēssōscōmplēctĭtŭrārtus:
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Enjambementconticuere
Hyperbatonfessos artus
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Even then Cassandra opens her lips with future fates,
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by order of the god, not ever to be believed by the Trojans.
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Wretched us, for whom that was the final day,
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we the wrap the shrines of the gods with festive garlands throughout the city.
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Meanwhile the sky turns and night rushes from the Ocean
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enveloping with its great shadow both the earth and the heavens
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and the deceit of the Myrmidons; sprawled throughout the city
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lay the Trojans, sleep embraces their weary limbs: