The Banishment of the Cid LVIII
When thus the Cid had spoken, were all in good array;They had taken up their weapons and each had got to horse.They beheld the Frankish army down the hill that held its course.And at the end of the descent, close to the level land,The Cid who in good hour was born, to charge them gave command.And this did his good henchmen perform with all their heart;With the pennons and the lances they nobly played their part,Smiting at some, and others overthrowing in their might.He who was born in happy hour has conquered in the fight.There the Count don Remónd he took a prisoner of war,And Coláda the war-falchion worth a thousand marks and more.
Words in this poem
- frankish a.
- Like, or pertaining to, the Franks.
- nobly adv.
- Of noble extraction; as, nobly born or descended.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
The Banishment of the Cid LVIII 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 Banishment of the Cid LVIII is 11 lines in a single stanza. It is in rhyming couplets, 91% of the lines. The metre is iambic heptameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 81%). 81% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 14.0 syllables.
See other poems in rhyming couplets, other poems in iambic heptameter.
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 -AABBCCDDEE array · horseA · courseA · landB · commandB · heartC · partC · mightD · fightD · warE · moreE
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 heptameter. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| When thus the Cid had spoken, were all in good array; | 13 | ·····/˘····˘/ |
| They had taken up their weapons and each had got to horse. | 14 | ··/˘··/˘······ |
| They beheld the Frankish army down the hill that held its course. | 15 | ·˘/·/˘/˘······· |
| And at the end of the descent, close to the level land, | 14 | ······˘/···/˘· |
| The Cid who in good hour was born, to charge them gave command. | 14 | ·····/······˘/ |
| And this did his good henchmen perform with all their heart; | 13 | ·····/˘˘/···· |
| With the pennons and the lances they nobly played their part, | 14 | ······/˘·/˘··· |
| Smiting at some, and others overthrowing in their might. | 14 | /˘···/˘/˘·˘··· |
| He who was born in happy hour has conquered in the fight. | 14 | ·····/˘/·/˘··· |
| There the Count don Remónd he took a prisoner of war, | 14 | ·········/˘˘·· |
| And Coláda the war-falchion worth a thousand marks and more. | 15 | ······/˘··/˘··· |
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