The Banishment of the Cid XI
Together Vidas and Raquél stepped forth apart thereon:"Let us give him a fair present for our profit he has won.Good Martin Antolínez in Burgos that dost dwell,We would give thee a fair present for thou deserves well.Therewith get breeches and a cloak and mantle rich and fine.Thou hast earned it. For a present these thirty marks are thine.For it is but just and honest, and, moreover, thou wilt standOur warrant in this bargain whereto we set our hand."
Don Martin thanked them duly and took the marks again.He yearned to leave the dwelling and well he wished the twain.He is gone out from Burgos. O'er the Arlanzon he went.And him who in good hour was born he found within his tent.
The Cid arose and welcomed him, with arms held wide apart:"Thou art come, Antolínez, good vassal that thou art!May you live until the season when you reap some gain of me."
"Here have I come, my Campeador, with as good heed as might be.Thou hast won marks six hundred, and thirty more have I.Ho! order that they strike the tents and let us swiftly fly.In San Pedro de Cardeñas let us hear the cock ere day.We shall see your prudent lady, but short shall be our stay.And it is needful for us from the kingdom forth to wend,For the season of our suffrance drawns onward to its end."
Words in this poem
- thereon adv.
- On that or this. [AS. . See There, and On.]
- 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]
- therewith adv.
- With that or this.
- hast
- , 2d pers. sing. pres. of. Fave, contr. of havest.
- whereto adv.
- To which; -- used relatively.
- twain a.
- Two;- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque. [OE. twein, tweien, tweyne, AS. twegen, masc. See Two.]
- went n.
- Course; way; path; journey; direction.
- reap n.
- A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut. Wright. [Cf. AS. rip harvest. See Reap, v.]
- 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,]
- needful a.
- Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing.
- wend n.
- A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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The Banishment of the Cid XI 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 XI is 22 lines in 4 verse paragraphs. It is in rhyming couplets, 82% of the lines. The metre is iambic heptameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 80%). 85% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 14.2 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 --AABBCC thereon · won · dwellA · wellA · fineB · thineB · standC · handC
- 2 AABB againA · twainA · wentB · tentB
- 3 AA- apartA · artA · me
- 4 AAABBCC beA · iA · flyA · dayB · stayB · wendC · endC
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Together Vidas and Raquél stepped forth apart thereon: | 14 | ˘/˘/˘·····˘/˘/ |
| "Let us give him a fair present for our profit he has won. | 16 | ······/˘·/˘/˘··· |
| Good Martin Antolínez in Burgos that dost dwell, | 13 | ·/˘·····/˘··· |
| We would give thee a fair present for thou deserves well. | 13 | ······/˘··˘/· |
| Therewith get breeches and a cloak and mantle rich and fine. | 14 | ˘/·/˘····/˘··· |
| Thou hast earned it. For a present these thirty marks are thine. | 14 | ······/˘·/˘··· |
| For it is but just and honest, and, moreover, thou wilt stand | 15 | ······/˘·˘/˘··· |
| Our warrant in this bargain whereto we set our hand." | 15 | /˘/˘··/˘˘/··/˘· |
| Don Martin thanked them duly and took the marks again. | 13 | ·/˘··/˘····˘/ |
| He yearned to leave the dwelling and well he wished the twain. | 13 | ·····/˘······ |
| He is gone out from Burgos. O'er the Arlanzon he went. | 14 | ·····/˘······· |
| And him who in good hour was born he found within his tent. | 15 | ·····/˘········ |
| The Cid arose and welcomed him, with arms held wide apart: | 14 | ··˘/·/˘·····˘/ |
| "Thou art come, Antolínez, good vassal that thou art! | 13 | ········/˘··· |
| May you live until the season when you reap some gain of me." | 15 | ······/˘······· |
| "Here have I come, my Campeador, with as good heed as might be. | 15 | ··············· |
| Thou hast won marks six hundred, and thirty more have I. | 13 | ·····/˘·/˘··· |
| Ho! order that they strike the tents and let us swiftly fly. | 14 | ·/˘········/˘· |
| In San Pedro de Cardeñas let us hear the cock ere day. | 15 | ··/˘··········· |
| We shall see your prudent lady, but short shall be our stay. | 15 | ····/˘/˘····/˘· |
| And it is needful for us from the kingdom forth to wend, | 14 | ···/˘····/˘··· |
| For the season of our suffrance drawns onward to its end." | 15 | ··/˘·/˘/˘·/˘··· |
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