Thomæ Coriato De Odcombe
The Latin lines have been omitted in the former impressions of BishopCorbet’s poems.
Quod mare transieris, quod rura urbesque pedester,Jamque colat reduces patria læta pedes:Quodque idem numero tibi calceus hæret, et illoCum corio redeas, quo Coriatus abis:Fatum omenque tui miramur nominis, ex quoCalcibus et soleis fluxit aluta tuis.Nam quicunque cadem vestigia tentat, opinorExcoriatus erit, ni Coriatus eat.
Words in this poem
- quod v.
- Quoth; said. See Quoth.
- idem pron.
- The same; the same as above; -- often abbreviated id. [L.]
- numero n.
- Number; -- often abbrev. No. [It., or F. numéro ; both fr. L. numerus number.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
Thomæ Coriato De Odcombe 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, Thomæ Coriato De Odcombe, in Poems (1647), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #65375, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/corbet-poems/thom-coriato-de-odcombe.html, id L08881.
Form and metre
Thomæ Coriato De Odcombe is 10 lines in 2 verse paragraphs. It is unrhymed, as far as the pronouncing dictionary can tell. The metre is trochaic hexameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 80%). 94% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 12.2 syllables. 2 lines end on an unstressed syllable, a feminine ending. 40% of the lines run on without a stop at the line end.
See other poems in trochaic 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.
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 trochaic hexameter. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| The Latin lines have been omitted in the former impressions of Bishop | 19 | ·/˘···˘/˘··/˘˘/˘·/˘ |
| Corbet’s poems. | 4 | /˘/˘ |
| Quod mare transieris, quod rura urbesque pedester, | 13 | ············· |
| Jamque colat reduces patria læta pedes: | 11 | ···˘/˘····· |
| Quodque idem numero tibi calceus hæret, et illo | 15 | ·/˘/˘˘/········ |
| Cum corio redeas, quo Coriatus abis: | 11 | ·/˘········ |
| Fatum omenque tui miramur nominis, ex quo | 13 | ············· |
| Calcibus et soleis fluxit aluta tuis. | 12 | ············ |
| Nam quicunque cadem vestigia tentat, opinor | 13 | ············· |
| Excoriatus erit, ni Coriatus eat. | 11 | ··········· |
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