Herawde
Bourtonne ys kynge.Dysplaie the Englyshe bannorre onn the tente;Rounde hymm, yee mynstrelles, songs of achments synge;Yee Herawdes, getherr upp the speeres besprente;To Kynge of Tourney-tylte bee all knees bente.Dames faire and gentle, forr youre loves hee foughte;Forr you the longe tylte-launce, the swerde hee shente;Hee joustedd, alleine havynge you ynn thoughte.Comme, mynstrelles, sound the strynge, goe onn eche syde,Whylest hee untoe the Kynge ynn state doe ryde.
Words in this poem
- tourney v. i.
- To perform in tournaments; to tilt. [Cf.OF. torneier. See Tourney, n.]
- 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, ]
- longe n.
- A thrust. See Lunge. Smollett. [Abbrev. fr. allonge. See Lunge.]
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-3.html, id L12155.
Form and metre
Herawde is 10 lines in a single stanza. It rhymes ABABBCBCDD. The metre is iambic pentameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 80%). 100% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 9.6 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 ABABBCBCDD kyngeA · tenteB · syngeA · besprenteB · benteB · foughteC · shenteB · thoughteC · sydeD · rydeD
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bourtonne ys kynge. | 4 | ···· |
| Dysplaie the Englyshe bannorre onn the tente; | 10 | ·········· |
| Rounde hymm, yee mynstrelles, songs of achments synge; | 10 | ·········· |
| Yee Herawdes, getherr upp the speeres besprente; | 10 | ·········· |
| To Kynge of Tourney-tylte bee all knees bente. | 10 | ···/˘····· |
| Dames faire and gentle, forr youre loves hee foughte; | 10 | ···/˘····· |
| Forr you the longe tylte-launce, the swerde hee shente; | 10 | ·········· |
| Hee joustedd, alleine havynge you ynn thoughte. | 10 | ·········· |
| Comme, mynstrelles, sound the strynge, goe onn eche syde, | 11 | ········/˘· |
| Whylest hee untoe the Kynge ynn state doe ryde. | 11 | ··········· |
Notes from the edition 4
The glosses and notes to the Rowley Poems, from Tyrwhitt's edition (Project Gutenberg #13037).
- Line 3 slain.
- Line 4 oversets.
- Line 7 a castle.
- Line 8 revenge.
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