READ OUT LOUD. Choose which marked text you prefer to practice with - macrons in verse form, or macrons in prose order, or accent marks in prose order, or focusing on the meter. You will find materials for all of these options below. :-)
VERSE MACRONS. Here is the verse text with macrons:
Inter sē sociant modo foedus Ovēsque Lupīque;
Obsidibusque datīs iungere pacta volunt.Pignus utrimque datur; stultā grex mente canīnōs
Custōdēs trādunt, hī catulōsque suōsAst breve tempus erat, cum iam iēiūna Lupōrum
Prōgeniēs ululat; surgit ad astra sonus.Prōtinus exclāmant mātrēs, "Sunt foedera fracta!"
Incustōdītōs irruit agmen Ovēs. PROSE MACRONS. Here is the same text with macrons written out in prose word order:
Ovēsque Lupīque foedus inter sē modo sociant; et, obsidibus datīs, pacta iungere volunt. Pignus utrinque datur; grex, stultā mente, custōdēs canīnōs trādunt, et hī catulōs suōs. Ast tempus breve erat, cum Lupōrum prōgeniēs, iam iēiūna, ululat; sonus ad astra surgit. Prōtinus Luporum mātrēs exclāmant, "Foedera fracta sunt!" Luporum agmen Ovēs incustōdītōs irruit.
STRESS (ACCENT) MARKS. Here is the prose text with accents, plus some color-coding for the words of three or more syllables (blue: penultimate stress; red: antepenultimate stress):
Ovésque Lupíque foedus inter se modo sóciant; et, obsídibus datis, pacta iúngere volunt. Pignus utrínque datur; grex, stulta mente, custódes canínos tradunt, et hi cátulos suos. Ast tempus breve erat, cum Lupórum progénies, iam ieiúna, úlulat; sonus ad astra surgit. Prótinus Lupórum matres exclámant, "Foédera fracta sunt!" Lupórum agmen Oves incustodítos írruit.
ELEGIAC COUPLET METER. Below I have used an interpunct dot · to indicate the metrical elements in each line, and a double line || to indicate the hemistichs of the pentameter line.
Inter· sē soci·ant modo· foedus O·vēsque Lu·pīque;
Obsidi·busque da·tīs || iungere· pacta vo·lunt.Pignus u·trimque da·tur; stul·tā grex· mente ca·nīnōs
Custō·dēs trā·dunt, || hī catu·lōsque su·ōsAst breve· tempus e·rat, cum· iam iē·iūna Lu·pōrum
Prōgeni·ēs ulu·lat; || surgit ad· astra so·nus.Prōtinus· exclā·mant mā·trēs, Sunt· foedera· fracta!
Incus·tōdī·tōs || irruit· agmen O·vēs.IMAGE. Here's an illustration for the fable (image source) from a Renaissance fable book:
What follows is an unmarked version of the prose rendering to faciliate word searches: Ovesque Lupique foedus inter se modo sociant; et, obsidibus datis, pacta iungere volunt. Pignus utrinque datur; grex, stulta mente, custodes caninos tradunt, et hi catulos suos. Ast tempus breve erat, cum Luporum progenies, iam ieiuna, ululat; sonus ad astra surgit. Protinus Luporum matres exclamant, "Foedera fracta sunt!" Luporum agmen Oves incustoditos irruit.
