Corrections
Page 36, verse 11, for ken read hen.50, ” 7, dele a.80, ” 10, for consider read consider’d.94, note, for brought read bought.100, ” for Guynes read Luyne.119, line 7, for Nescis read Nescio.137, verses 4 and 5. It should have been observed, that thePrince and Buckingham on their journey wore falsebeards for disguises, and assumed the names of Jackand Tom Smith.144. The two first lines of this beautiful poem are hereprinted as they are found in the editions of 1647and 1672; but they stand much better in Bishop King’s
Let no profane ignoble foot tread neerThis hallow’d peece of earth, Dorset lies here.
Words in this poem
- dele v. t.
- To deal; to divide; to distribute. [See Deal.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
Corrections is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Poems of Richard Corbet, late bishop of Oxford and of Norwich 4th edition, Project Gutenberg ebook #65375; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Richard Corbet, Corrections, in Poems (1647), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #65375, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/corbet-poems/corrections.html, id L08923.
Form and metre
Corrections is 15 lines in 2 stanzas. 87% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 8.3 syllables. 1 line ends on an unstressed syllable, a feminine ending. 47% of the lines run on without a stop at the line end.
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 -A----A------ hen · aA · consider'd · bought · luyne · nescio · theA · false · jack · smith · here · — · king's
- 2 AA neerA · hereA
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. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| Page 36, verse 11, for ken read hen. | 6 | ······ |
| 50, ” 7, dele a. | 3 | /˘· |
| 80, ” 10, for consider read consider’d. | 8 | ·˘/˘·˘/˘ |
| 94, note, for brought read bought. | 5 | ····· |
| 100, ” for Guynes read Luyne. | 4 | ···· |
| 119, line 7, for Nescis read Nescio. | 7 | ··/˘··· |
| 137, verses 4 and 5. It should have been observed, that the | 11 | /˘·····˘/·· |
| Prince and Buckingham on their journey wore false | 11 | ··/˘···/˘·· |
| beards for disguises, and assumed the names of Jack | 12 | ··˘/˘·˘/···· |
| and Tom Smith. | 3 | ··· |
| 144. The two first lines of this beautiful poem are here | 11 | ······/˘/·· |
| printed as they are found in the editions of 1647 | 12 | /˘······˘/˘· |
| and 1672; but they stand much better in Bishop King’s | 11 | ·····/˘·/˘· |
| Let no profane ignoble foot tread neer | 10 | ··˘/˘/˘··· |
| This hallow’d peece of earth, Dorset lies here. | 10 | ·/˘···/˘·· |
The reader shows the same poem with its rhymes coloured and a stress row above each line, the notes beside their stanzas, and any word's definition on a tap; the analysis page takes the whole book apart. How every part of this site was made.