The Affront of Corpes CXXV
This hath he done. Their mother hath doubled it again."Go, daughters! the Creator of you henceforth have careMine and your father's blessing you still with you shall bear.Go forth where you are dowered in Carrión to dwell.I have, after my thinking, married you passing well."The hands of their father and their mother kissed the two.Blessing and benediction they gave to them anew.
My lord Cid and the others have fettled them to ride,With armor and with horses and caparisons of pride.From Valencia the splendid were the Heirs departing then.They took leave of the ladies and all their bands of men.Through the meadow of Valencia forth under arms they went.The Cid and all his armies were very well content.He who in good hour belted brand in signs had seen it plainThat these marriages in no way should stand without a stain.But since the twain are married, he may not repent him now.
Words in this poem
- henceforth adv.
- From this time forward; henceforward.
- shall v. i.
- To owe; to be under obligation for. [OE. shal, schal, imp. sholde, scholde, AS. scal, sceal, I am obliged, imp. scolde, sceolde, inf. sculan; akin to OS. skulan, pres. skal, imp. skolda, D. zullen,]
- dowered p. a.
- Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion.
- dwell v. i.
- To delay; to linger. [OE. dwellen, dwelien, to err, linger, AS. dwellan to deceive, hinder, delay, dwelian to err; akin to Icel. dvelja to delay, tarry, Sw. dväljas to dwell, Dan. dv]
- valencia n.
- A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton. [Perhaps fr. Valence in France.]
- went n.
- Course; way; path; journey; direction.
- twain a.
- Two;- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque. [OE. twein, tweien, tweyne, AS. twegen, masc. See Two.]
- repent a.
- Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems. Gray. [L. repens, -entis, creeping, p. pr. of repere to creep.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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The Affront of Corpes CXXV is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Lay of the Cid, Project Gutenberg ebook #6088, the R. Selden Rose and Leonard Bacon translation; 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 Affront of Corpes CXXV is 16 lines in 2 verse paragraphs. It is in rhyming couplets, 88% of the lines. The metre is iambic hexameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 77%). 84% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 13.2 syllables. 1 line ends on an unstressed syllable, a feminine ending. 12% of the lines run on without a stop at the line end.
See other poems in rhyming couplets, 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 -AABBCC again · careA · bearA · dwellB · wellB · twoC · anewC
- 2 AABBCCDD- rideA · prideA · thenB · menB · wentC · contentC · plainD · stainD · now
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 |
|---|---|---|
| This hath he done. Their mother hath doubled it again. | 13 | ·····/˘·/˘·˘/ |
| "Go, daughters! the Creator of you henceforth have care | 13 | ·/˘·˘/˘··//·· |
| Mine and your father's blessing you still with you shall bear. | 13 | ···/˘/˘······ |
| Go forth where you are dowered in Carrión to dwell. | 12 | ······˘····· |
| I have, after my thinking, married you passing well." | 13 | ·····/˘/˘·/˘· |
| The hands of their father and their mother kissed the two. | 13 | ····/˘··/˘··· |
| Blessing and benediction they gave to them anew. | 13 | /˘··˘/˘····˘/ |
| My lord Cid and the others have fettled them to ride, | 13 | ·····/˘··˘··· |
| With armor and with horses and caparisons of pride. | 14 | ·/˘··/˘······· |
| From Valencia the splendid were the Heirs departing then. | 14 | ·˘/˘·/˘···˘/˘· |
| They took leave of the ladies and all their bands of men. | 13 | ·····/˘······ |
| Through the meadow of Valencia forth under arms they went. | 14 | ··/··˘/˘······ |
| The Cid and all his armies were very well content. | 13 | ·····/˘·/˘·/˘ |
| He who in good hour belted brand in signs had seen it plain | 14 | ····//˘······· |
| That these marriages in no way should stand without a stain. | 13 | ··/˘········· |
| But since the twain are married, he may not repent him now. | 14 | ·····/˘···˘/·· |
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