| A | B |
|---|
| Primus amor Phoebi Daphne Peneia | ellipsis (was) |
| Phoebus | Epithet Bright/shining one=Apollo |
| Daphne | nymph who was Apollo's first love |
| Peneia | patronymic; Peneus=Daphne's father |
| Cupid | filius Veneris/son of Venus, "lascive puer" |
| Delius | epithet for Apollo, tells where he was born |
| victo serpente superbus | alliteration |
| ista decent umeros gestamina nostros | synchesis/interlocking word order |
| qui dare certa ferae, dare vulnera possumus hosti | ellipsis (wounds in first part; certain in second part) |
| stravimus innumeris tumidum Pythona sagittis | chiasmus; awesome word picture |
| Python | beast who terrorized Delphi; killed by Apollo |
| figat tuus omnia, te meus arcus | chiasmus *and* ellipsis |
| eliso percussis aere pennis | synchesis *and* word picture |
| Parnassus | home of the Muses; site of Delphi |
| eque sagittifera prompsit duo tela pharetra | chiasmus; the word picture is just "ok" |
| quid tibi, lascive puer, cum fortibus armis? | said by Apollo to Cupid-stop playing with a man's weapons |
| figat tuus omnia, te meus arcus | said by Cupid to Apollo-one arrow can get YOU |
