The Banishment of the Cid XLVIII
"Beyond this, Alvar Fañez, I am fain to tell it theeThat whosoever in my realm in that desire may be,Let them, the brave and gallant, to the Cid betake them straight.I free them and exempt them both body and estate."Minaya Alvar Fañez has kissed the King's hands twain:
"Great thanks, as to my rightful lord I give thee, King, again.This dost thou now, and better yet as at some later hour.We shall labor to deserve it, if God will give us power."Said the King: "Minaya, peace for that. Take through Castile thyway.None shall molest. My lord the Cid seek forth without delay."
Words in this poem
- fain v. t.
- To be glad ; to wish or desire.
- betake v. t.
- To take or seize. [Pref. be- + take.]
- twain a.
- Two;- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque. [OE. twein, tweien, tweyne, AS. twegen, masc. See Two.]
- rightful a.
- Righteous; upright; just; good; -- said of persons.
- 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,]
- molest v. t.
- To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex. [F. molester, L. molestare, fr. molestus troublesome, fr. moles a heavy mass, load, burden. See 3d Mole.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
The Banishment of the Cid XLVIII 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 XLVIII is 11 lines in 2 verse paragraphs. It is in rhyming couplets, 55% of the lines. The metre is iambic heptameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 81%). 94% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 12.8 syllables. 2 lines end on an unstressed syllable, a feminine ending. 18% 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- theeA · beA · straightB · estateB · twain
- 2 -AA-BB again · hourA · powerA · thy · wayB · delayB
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 |
|---|---|---|
| "Beyond this, Alvar Fañez, I am fain to tell it thee | 14 | ·············· |
| That whosoever in my realm in that desire may be, | 14 | ··˘/˘·····˘/·· |
| Let them, the brave and gallant, to the Cid betake them straight. | 14 | ·····/˘···˘/·· |
| I free them and exempt them both body and estate." | 13 | ····˘/··/˘·˘/ |
| Minaya Alvar Fañez has kissed the King's hands twain: | 13 | ········˘···· |
| "Great thanks, as to my rightful lord I give thee, King, again. | 14 | ·····/˘·····˘/ |
| This dost thou now, and better yet as at some later hour. | 15 | ·····/˘····/˘/˘ |
| We shall labor to deserve it, if God will give us power." | 15 | ··/˘·˘/······/˘ |
| Said the King: "Minaya, peace for that. Take through Castile thy | 14 | ·············· |
| way. | 1 | · |
| None shall molest. My lord the Cid seek forth without delay." | 14 | ··˘/········˘/ |
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