The Banishment of the Cid XXX
Per Vermudóz came thither who the Cid's flag did bear.On the high place of the city he lifted it in air.Outspoke the Cid Roy Diaz. Born in good hour was he:
"To God in Heaven and all his saints great thanks and praises be.We shall better now our lodging for cavalier and steed."
Words in this poem
- 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,]
- cavalier n.
- A military man serving on horseback; a knight. [F. cavalier, It. cavaliere, LL. caballarius, fr. L. caballus. See Cavalcade, and cf. Cavallier, Caballine.]
- steed n.
- A horse, especially a spirited horse for state of war; -- used chiefly in poetry or stately prose. [OE. stede, AS. steda a stud-horse, war horse, fr. stod a stud of breeding steeds; akin to G. stute a mare, Icel. stedda, sto, a stud. *163. See Stud of horses.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
The Banishment of the Cid XXX 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 XXX is 5 lines in 2 stanzas. This poem did not settle on a metre of its own; the book it comes from is in iambic heptameter. 63% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 14.2 syllables.
See 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 AA- bearA · airA · he
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Per Vermudóz came thither who the Cid's flag did bear. | 13 | ·····/˘······ |
| On the high place of the city he lifted it in air. | 14 | ······/˘·/˘··· |
| Outspoke the Cid Roy Diaz. Born in good hour was he: | 14 | ·····/····/˘·· |
| "To God in Heaven and all his saints great thanks and praises be. | 15 | ···/˘·······/˘· |
| We shall better now our lodging for cavalier and steed." | 15 | ··/˘·/˘/˘··˘/·· |
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