Scansion Exercise for Seneca's Phaedra
Lines 178-182
vena esse nutrix; sed furor cogit sequi
peiora vadit animus in praeceps sciens
remeatque frustra sana consilia appetens.
Sic, cum gravatam navita adversa ratem
propellit unda cedit in vanum labor
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Scansion: George
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