Iii.—3
Hence the whole land the patriot's ardour shares:Hence dread Religion dwells with social Joy;And holy passions and unsullied cares,In youth, in age, domestic life employ.O fair Britannia, hail!--With partial loveThe tribes of men their native seats approve,Unjust and hostile to each foreign fame:But when for generous minds and manly lawsA nation holds her prime applause,There public zeal shall all reproof disclaim.
Words in this poem
- ardour n.
- Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays. [L. ardor, fr. ardere to burn: cf. OF. ardor, ardur, F. ardeur.]
- britannia n.
- A white-metal alloy of tin, antimony, bismuth, copper, etc. It somewhat resembles silver, and isused for table ware. Called also Britannia metal. [From L. Britannia Great Britain.]
- generous a.
- Of honorable birth or origin; highborn. [F. généreux, fr. L. generous of noble birth, noble, excellent, magnanimous, fr. genus birth, race: cf. It. generoso. See 2d Gender.]
- shall v. i.
- To owe; to be under obligation for. [OE. shal, schal, imp. sholde, scholde, AS. scal, sceal, I am obliged, imp. scolde, sceolde, inf. sculan; akin to OS. skulan, pres. skal, imp. skolda, D. zullen,]
- reproof n.
- Refutation; confutation; contradiction. [OE. reproef. See Proof, Reprove.]
- disclaim v. t.
- To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
Iii.—3 is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside, Project Gutenberg ebook #9814; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
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Form and metre
Iii.—3 is 10 lines in a single stanza. It rhymes ABABCCDEED. The metre is iambic pentameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 91%). 100% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 9.8 syllables. 20% of the lines run on without a stop at the line end.
See other poems in iambic pentameter.
Measured by Laurel's pipeline, not copied from a handbook: how stress and metre are counted, how rhyme is lettered, how a drifted rhyme is found. Where the dictionary cannot confirm a rhyme the letter is withheld, not guessed.
Rhyme words, stanza by stanza
The word that ends each line, lettered by the rhyme it makes; a dash is a line whose rhyme the dictionary could not confirm.
- 1 ABABCCDEED sharesA · joyB · caresA · employB · loveC · approveC · fameD · lawsE · applauseE · disclaimD
Scansion, line by line
Each line with its syllable count and the stresses the words themselves fix: / stressed, ˘ unstressed, · a syllable the word leaves free and the metre decides. Read against iambic pentameter. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| Hence the whole land the patriot's ardour shares: | 10 | ·····/˘/˘· |
| Hence dread Religion dwells with social Joy; | 10 | ··˘/˘··/˘· |
| And holy passions and unsullied cares, | 10 | ·/˘/˘·˘/˘· |
| In youth, in age, domestic life employ. | 10 | ····˘/˘·˘/ |
| O fair Britannia, hail!--With partial love | 10 | ··˘/˘··/˘· |
| The tribes of men their native seats approve, | 10 | ·····/˘·˘/ |
| Unjust and hostile to each foreign fame: | 10 | ˘/·/˘··/˘· |
| But when for generous minds and manly laws | 10 | ···/˘··/˘· |
| A nation holds her prime applause, | 8 | ·/˘···˘/ |
| There public zeal shall all reproof disclaim. | 10 | ·/˘···˘/˘/ |
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