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:
Lōripedem sublātum humerīs fert lūmine captus,
Et sociī haec oculīs mūnera rētribuit.Quō caret alteruter, concors sīc praestat uterque:
Mūtuat hīc oculōs, mūtuat ille pedēs. PROSE MACRONS. Here is the same text with macrons written out in prose word order:
Lūmine captus lōripedem fert, humerīs sublātum, et haec sociī mūnera oculīs rētribuit. Sīc uterque concors praestat, quō alteruter caret: hīc oculōs mūtuat, ille pedēs mūtuat.
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):
Lúmine captus lorípedem fert, húmeris sublátum, et haec sócii múnera óculis retríbuit. Sic utérque concors praestat, quo altéruter caret: hic óculos mútuat, ille pedes mútuat.
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.
Lōripe·dem sub·lāt~ hume·rīs fert· lūmine· captus,
Et soci~· haec ocu·līs || mūnera· rētribu·it.Quō caret· alteru·ter, con·cors sīc· praestat u·terque:
Mūtua·t hīc ocu·lōs, || mūtuat· ille pe·dēs.IMAGE. Here's an illustration for the fable (image source) from a 1556 edition of the emblems:
What follows is an unmarked version of the prose rendering to faciliate word searches: Lumine captus loripedem fert, humeris sublatum, et haec socii munera oculis retribuit. Sic uterque concors praestat, quo alteruter caret: hic oculos mutuat, ille pedes mutuat.
