Bárometz, Béllis, Byssus
CáctusCaléndulaCallítricheCánnaCánnabisCápri-fícusCarlínaCaryophýllusCáffiaCéreusChondríllaChundaCinchónaCircæaCistusCócculusCólchicumCollinsóniaConsérvaCupréssusCurcúmaCuscútaCýclamenCypérus
DiánthusDictámnusDigitálisDodecátheonDrábaDróseraDýpsacus
About this text
Bárometz, Béllis, Byssus is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Botanic Garden. Part 2, Containing the Loves of the Plants. A Poem. With Philosophical Notes., Project Gutenberg ebook #10671; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Erasmus Darwin, Bárometz, Béllis, Byssus, in The Botanic Garden, Part II: The Loves of the Plants (1789), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #10671, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/darwin-loves-of-plants/b-rometz-b-llis-byssus.html, id L23547.
Form and metre
Bárometz, Béllis, Byssus is 31 lines in 2 stanzas. This poem did not settle on a metre of its own; the book it comes from is in iambic pentameter.
See other poems in iambic pentameter.
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------BB---B---- cáctus · caléndula · callítriche · cánna · cánnabis · fícusA · carlína · caryophýllusA · cáffia · céreus · chondrílla · chunda · cinchóna · circæa · cistusB · cócculusB · cólchicum · collinsónia · consérva · cupréssusB · curcúma · cuscúta · cýclamen · cypérus
- 2 AA----- diánthusA · dictámnusA · digitális · dodecátheon · drába · drósera · dýpsacus
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 pentameter. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| Cáctus | 2 | ·· |
| Caléndula | 4 | ···· |
| Callítriche | 3 | ··· |
| Cánna | 2 | ·· |
| Cánnabis | 3 | ··· |
| Cápri-fícus | 4 | ···· |
| Carlína | 3 | ··· |
| Caryophýllus | 4 | ···· |
| Cáffia | 2 | ·· |
| Céreus | 2 | ·· |
| Chondrílla | 3 | ··· |
| Chunda | 2 | ·· |
| Cinchóna | 3 | ··· |
| Circæa | 2 | /˘ |
| Cistus | 2 | ·· |
| Cócculus | 3 | ··· |
| Cólchicum | 3 | ··· |
| Collinsónia | 4 | ···· |
| Consérva | 3 | ··· |
| Cupréssus | 3 | ··· |
| Curcúma | 3 | ··· |
| Cuscúta | 3 | ··· |
| Cýclamen | 3 | ··· |
| Cypérus | 2 | /˘ |
| Diánthus | 2 | ·· |
| Dictámnus | 3 | ··· |
| Digitális | 4 | ···· |
| Dodecátheon | 4 | ···· |
| Drába | 2 | ·· |
| Drósera | 3 | ··· |
| Dýpsacus | 3 | ··· |
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