Herawde
Symonne de Bourtonne haveth borne downe three,And bie the thyrd hathe honnoure of a fourthe.Lett hymm bee sett asyde, tylle hee doth seeA tyltynge forr a knyghte of gentle wourthe.Heere commethe straunge knyghtes; gyff corteous heie,Ytt welle beseies to yeve hemm ryghte of fraie.
Words in this poem
- lett v. t.
- To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose. [OE.letten, AS. lettan to delay, to hinder, fr. læt slow; akin to D. letten to hinder, G. verletzen to hurt, Icel. letja to hold back, Goth. latjan. See Late.]
- forr prep.
- In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place. [AS. for, fore; akin to OS. for, fora, furi, D. voor, OHG. fora, G. vor, OHG. furi, G. für, Icel. fyrir, Sw. för, Dan. for, adv. för, Goth. faúr, faúra, L. pro, ]
- hemm interj.
- An onomatopoetic word used as an expression of hesitation, doubt, etc. It is often a sort of voluntary half cough, loud or subdued, and would perhaps be better expressed by hm.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
Herawde is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Rowley Poems, Project Gutenberg ebook #13037; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Thomas Chatterton, Herawde, in The Rowley Poems (1777), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #13037, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/chatterton-rowley/herawde-2.html, id L12152.
Form and metre
Herawde is 6 lines in a single stanza. The metre is iambic pentameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 83%). 100% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 9.8 syllables.
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 ABAB-- threeA · fourtheB · seeA · wourtheB · heie · fraie
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Symonne de Bourtonne haveth borne downe three, | 10 | /˘········ |
| And bie the thyrd hathe honnoure of a fourthe. | 10 | ·········· |
| Lett hymm bee sett asyde, tylle hee doth see | 11 | ··········· |
| A tyltynge forr a knyghte of gentle wourthe. | 10 | ·······/˘· |
| Heere commethe straunge knyghtes; gyff corteous heie, | 9 | ········· |
| Ytt welle beseies to yeve hemm ryghte of fraie. | 9 | ········· |
Notes from the edition 5
The glosses and notes to the Rowley Poems, from Tyrwhitt's edition (Project Gutenberg #13037).
- Line 5 more worthy.
- Line 5 pulled, plucked.
- Line 6 displayed.
- Line 6 over-righteous.
- Line 6 counselled, more wise.
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