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:
Est monitīs semper reverentia danda parentis:
Cōnsilium, iuvenēs, mente tenēte senum.Iamque erat orta diēs, Haedum cum clausit in aulā
Capra; fruī nemoris frondibus ipsa parat.Discessū sobolem monuit tamen anxia māter,
"Panda forēs nullī, dōnec ego ipsa vocō."Haec Lupus audierat; mox pulsat et imperat Haedō,
Vōce Capram simulāns; "Heus, bone, solve serās.""Ianua clausa," refert per rīmās ille, "manēbit:
Vōce vocor Caprae prōspiciōque Lupum." PROSE MACRONS. Here is the same text with macrons written out in prose word order:
Reverentia semper danda est parentis monitīs; iuvenēs, mente senum cōnsilium tenēte. Iam diēs orta erat, cum Capra in aulā Haedum clausit; ipsa parat nemoris frondibus fruī. Māter tamen discessū anxia sobolem monuit, "Nullī forēs panda, dōnec ego ipsa vocō." Lupus haec audierat; mox pulsat et imperat Haedō, Capram vōce simulāns; "Heus, bone, serās solve." Ille per rīmās refert "Ianua clausa manēbit: Caprae vōce vocor et Lupum prōspiciō."
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):
Reveréntia semper danda est paréntis mónitis; iúvenes, mente senum consílium tenéte. Iam dies orta erat, cum Capra in aula Haedum clausit; ipsa parat némoris fróndibus frui. Mater tamen discéssu ánxia sóbolem mónuit, "Nulli fores panda, donec ego ipsa voco." Lupus haec audíerat; mox pulsat et ímperat Haedo, Capram voce símulans; "Heus, bone, seras solve." Ille per rimas refert "Iánua clausa manébit: Caprae voce vocor et Lupum prospício."
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.
Est moni·tīs sem·per reve·rentia· danda pa·rentis:
Cōnsili·um, iuve·nēs, || mente te·nēte se·num.Iamqu~ era·t orta di·ēs, Hae·dum cum· clausit i·n aulā
Capra; fru·ī nemo·ris || frondibus· ipsa pa·rat.Disces·sū sobo·lem monu·it tamen· anxia· māter,
Panda fo·rēs nul·lī, || dōnec e·g~ ipsa vo·cō.Haec Lupu·s audie·rat; mox· pulsat e·t imperat· Haedō,
Vōce Ca·pram simu·lāns; || Heus, bone,· solve se·rās.Ianua· clausa, re·fert per· rīmā·s ille, ma·nēbit:
Vōce vo·cor Ca·prae || prōspici·ōque Lu·pum.IMAGE. Here's an illustration for the fable (image source) from an early 16th-century edition of Aesop:
What follows is an unmarked version of the prose rendering to faciliate word searches: Reverentia semper danda est parentis monitis; iuvenes, mente senum consilium tenete. Iam dies orta erat, cum Capra in aula Haedum clausit; ipsa parat nemoris frondibus frui. Mater tamen discessu anxia sobolem monuit, "Nulli fores panda, donec ego ipsa voco." Lupus haec audierat; mox pulsat et imperat Haedo, Capram voce simulans; "Heus, bone, seras solve." Ille per rimas refert "Ianua clausa manebit: Caprae voce vocor et Lupum prospicio."
