The, Poems, Of, Richard Corbet,, Late Bishop of Oxford and of Norwich
With considerable Additions.
Biographical Notes, and a Life of the Author,BY
London:
Invidebam devio ac solo locoOpes camœnarum tegi:At nunc frequentes, atque claros, nee procul,Quum floreas inter viros.
Words in this poem
- biographical a.
- Of or pertaining to biography; containing biography.
- loco adv.
- A direction in written or printed music to return to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher. [It.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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The, Poems, Of, Richard Corbet,, Late Bishop of Oxford and of Norwich 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.
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Form and metre
The, Poems, Of, Richard Corbet,, Late Bishop of Oxford and of Norwich is 8 lines in 4 verse paragraphs. It is unrhymed, as far as the pronouncing dictionary can tell. 82% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 7.6 syllables. 4 lines end on an unstressed syllable, a feminine ending. 25% 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| With considerable Additions. | 9 | ·˘/˘˘˘˘/˘ |
| Biographical Notes, and a Life of the Author, | 12 | ·˘/˘······/˘ |
| BY | 1 | · |
| London: | 2 | /˘ |
| Invidebam devio ac solo loco | 12 | ······///·/˘ |
| Opes camœnarum tegi: | 7 | ······· |
| At nunc frequentes, atque claros, nee procul, | 10 | ··/˘·/˘··· |
| Quum floreas inter viros. | 8 | ·/˘˘˘/·· |
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