The Banishment of the Cid XLVI
When my lord the Cid was ready from the Castle to depart,The Moors both men and women cried out in bitter woe:"Lord Cid art thou departing? Still may our prayers goBefore thy path, for with thee we are full well content."For my lord the great Cid of Bivár, when from Alcocér he went,The Moors both men and women made lamentation sore.He lifted up the standard, forth marched the Campeador.Down the Jalón he hastened, on he went spurring fast.He saw birds of happy omen, as from the stream he passed.Glad were the townsmen of Terrér that he had marched away,And the dwellers in Calatayúd were better pleased than they.But in the town of Alcocér 'twas grief to all and one,For many a deed of mercy unto them the Cid had done.My lord the Cid spurred onward. Forward apace he went;'Twas near to the hill Monreál that he let pitch his tent.Great is the hill and wondrous and very high likewise.Be it known from no quarter doth he need to dread surprise.And first he forced Doróca tribute to him to pay,And then levied on Molína on the other side that lay,Teruél o'er against him to submit he next compelledAnd lastly Celfa de Canál within his power he held.
Words in this poem
- depart v. i.
- To part; to divide; to separate. [OE. departen to divide, part, depart, F. départir to divide, distribute, se départir to separate one's self, depart; pref. dé- (L. de) + partir to part, depart,]
- went n.
- Course; way; path; journey; direction.
- apace adv.
- With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily. [Pref. a- + pace. OE. a pas at a walk, in which a is the article. See Pace.]
- wondrous adv.
- In a wonderful or surprising manner or degree; wonderfully. [OE. wonders, adv. (later also adj.). See Wonder, n., and cf. -wards.]
- lastly adv.
- In the last place; in conclusion.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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The Banishment of the Cid XLVI 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 XLVI is 21 lines in a single stanza. It is in rhyming couplets, 86% of the lines. The metre is iambic heptameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 81%). 89% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 13.7 syllables. 1 line ends on an unstressed syllable, a feminine ending. 10% of the lines run on without a stop at the line end.
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 -AABB--CCDDEEBBFFDDGG depart · woeA · goA · contentB · wentB · sore · campeador · fastC · passedC · awayD · theyD · oneE · doneE · wentB · tentB · likewiseF · surpriseF · payD · layD · compelledG · heldG
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 my lord the Cid was ready from the Castle to depart, | 15 | ······/˘··/˘·˘/ |
| The Moors both men and women cried out in bitter woe: | 13 | ·····/˘···/˘· |
| "Lord Cid art thou departing? Still may our prayers go | 13 | ····˘/˘··/˘·· |
| Before thy path, for with thee we are full well content." | 13 | ···········/˘ |
| For my lord the great Cid of Bivár, when from Alcocér he went, | 16 | ················ |
| The Moors both men and women made lamentation sore. | 13 | ·····/˘······ |
| He lifted up the standard, forth marched the Campeador. | 13 | ·/˘··/˘······ |
| Down the Jalón he hastened, on he went spurring fast. | 13 | ·····/˘···/˘· |
| He saw birds of happy omen, as from the stream he passed. | 14 | ····/˘/˘······ |
| Glad were the townsmen of Terrér that he had marched away, | 14 | ············˘/ |
| And the dwellers in Calatayúd were better pleased than they. | 14 | ··/˘·····/˘··· |
| But in the town of Alcocér 'twas grief to all and one, | 14 | ·············· |
| For many a deed of mercy unto them the Cid had done. | 14 | ·/···/˘······· |
| My lord the Cid spurred onward. Forward apace he went; | 13 | ·····/˘/˘˘/·· |
| 'Twas near to the hill Monreál that he let pitch his tent. | 13 | ············· |
| Great is the hill and wondrous and very high likewise. | 13 | ·····/˘·/˘·/· |
| Be it known from no quarter doth he need to dread surprise. | 14 | ·····/˘·····˘/ |
| And first he forced Doróca tribute to him to pay, | 13 | ·······/˘···· |
| And then levied on Molína on the other side that lay, | 15 | ··/˘······/˘··· |
| Teruél o'er against him to submit he next compelled | 13 | ·······˘/··˘/ |
| And lastly Celfa de Canál within his power he held. | 14 | ·/˘········/·· |
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