In Obitum Domini Thomæ Bodleii
Obrue Bodleium saxis, prosterne colossis,Adde libros oneri, dimidiasque scholas,Aut lacrymis manes lassa, aut ululante papyro,Quæ solet afflictis incubuisse rogis;Non tamen efficies, quin summo in culmine victorImperet, et molem perforet ille suam;Nam famæ cedunt lapides, et tecta sepulchrisDum memorant dominos hæc monumenta suos.
Words in this poem
- quin n.
- A European scallop (Pecten opercularis), used as food. [Prov.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
In Obitum Domini Thomæ Bodleii 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, In Obitum Domini Thomæ Bodleii, in Poems (1647), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #65375, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/corbet-poems/in-obitum-domini-thom-bodleii.html, id L08922.
Form and metre
In Obitum Domini Thomæ Bodleii is 8 lines in a single stanza. The metre is iambic hexameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 85%). 100% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 11.9 syllables. 1 line ends on an unstressed syllable, a feminine ending. 25% of the lines run on without a stop at the line end.
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 A--A--A- colossisA · scholas · papyro · rogisA · victor · suam · sepulchrisA · suos
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Obrue Bodleium saxis, prosterne colossis, | 10 | ·········· |
| Adde libros oneri, dimidiasque scholas, | 11 | ··········· |
| Aut lacrymis manes lassa, aut ululante papyro, | 14 | ·····/˘······· |
| Quæ solet afflictis incubuisse rogis; | 11 | ··········· |
| Non tamen efficies, quin summo in culmine victor | 13 | ···········/˘ |
| Imperet, et molem perforet ille suam; | 11 | ··········· |
| Nam famæ cedunt lapides, et tecta sepulchris | 12 | ····˘/······ |
| Dum memorant dominos hæc monumenta suos. | 13 | ····/˘······· |
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