Herehaulde
A leegefull challenge, knyghtes & champyonns dygne,A leegefull challenge, lette the flugghorne sounde.Nevylle ys goeynge, manne and horse, toe grounde.Loverdes, how doughtilie the tylterrs joyne!Yee champyonnes, heere Symonne de Bourtonne fyghtes,Onne hee hathe quacedd, assayle hymm, yee knyghtes.
Words in this poem
- lette v. t.
- To let; to hinder. See Let, to hinder.
- manne n.
- A human being; -- opposed tobeast. [AS. mann, man, monn, mon; akin to OS., D., & OHG. man, G. mann, Icel. maedhr, for mannr, Dan. Mand, Sw. man, Goth. manna, Skr. manu, manus, and perh. to Skr. ma]
- onne prep.
- The general signification of on is situation, motion, or condition with respect to contact or support beneath; as: -- [OE. on, an, o, a, AS. on, an; akin to D. aan, OS. & G. an, OHG. ana, Icel. a, Sw. ana, Russ. na, L. an-, in anhelare to pant, Gr. ana. sq. root195. Cf. A-, 1, A]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
Herehaulde 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, Herehaulde, in The Rowley Poems (1777), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #13037, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/chatterton-rowley/herehaulde.html, id L12147.
Form and metre
Herehaulde is 6 lines in a single stanza. The metre is iambic hexameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 78%). 100% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 10.5 syllables.
See other poems in iambic hexameter.
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 -AA-BB dygne · soundeA · groundeA · joyne · fyghtesB · knyghtesB
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 hexameter. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| A leegefull challenge, knyghtes & champyonns dygne, | 10 | ····/˘···· |
| A leegefull challenge, lette the flugghorne sounde. | 11 | ····/˘····· |
| Nevylle ys goeynge, manne and horse, toe grounde. | 10 | ·········· |
| Loverdes, how doughtilie the tylterrs joyne! | 11 | ˘/˘········ |
| Yee champyonnes, heere Symonne de Bourtonne fyghtes, | 10 | ····/˘···· |
| Onne hee hathe quacedd, assayle hymm, yee knyghtes. | 11 | ··········· |
Notes from the edition 5
The glosses and notes to the Rowley Poems, from Tyrwhitt's edition (Project Gutenberg #13037).
- Line 1 an ancient sword.
- Line 1 fury.
- Line 4 cease.
- Line 6 deadly.
- Line 6 lake.
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