The Banishment of the Cid XXXII
The Cid with all his booty lieth in Alcocér.He let the tent be sent for, that he left behind him there.It irked the men of Teca, wroth in Terrér were they;Know ye on all Calatayúd sorely the thing did weigh.To the Sovereign of Valencia they sent the news apace:How that the King Alfonso hath banished in disgraceOne whom men call my lord the Cid, Roy Diaz of Bivár,He came to lodge by Alcocér, and strong his lodgings are.He drew them out to ambush; he has won the castle there."If thou aidest not needs must thou lose both Teca and Terrér,Thou wilt have lost Calatayúd that cannot stand alone.All things will go to ruin on the banks of the Jalón,And round about Jilóca on the far bank furthermore."
When the King Tamín had heard it, his heart was troubled sore:"Here do I see three Moorish kings. Let two without delayWith three thousand Moors and weapons for the fight ride thereaway;Likewise they shall be aided by the men of the frontier.See that ye take him living and bring him to me here.He must pay for the realm's trespass till I be satisfied."
Three thousand Moors have mounted and fettled them to ride.All they unto Segórbe have come to lodge that night.The next day they got ready to ride at morning light.In the evening unto Celfa they came the night to spend.And there they have determined for the borderers to send.Little enow they tarried; from every side they came.Then they went forth from Celfa (of Canál it has its name),Never a whit they rested, but marched the livelong day.And that night unto their lodging in Calatayúd came they.And they sent forth their heralds through the length of all theland.A great and sovran army they gathered to their hand.With the two Kings Fáriz and Gálve (these are the names theybear).They will besiege my noble lord the Cid in Alcocér.
Words in this poem
- wroth a.
- Full of wrath; angry; incensed; much exasperated; wrathful. [OE. wroth, wrap, AS. wraedh wroth, crooked, bad; akin to wriedhan to writhe, and to OS. wreedhangry, D. wreed cruel, OHG. reid twisted, Icel. reiedhr angry, Dan]
- sorely adv.
- In a sore manner; grievously; painfully; as, to be sorely afflicted.
- valencia n.
- A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton. [Perhaps fr. Valence in France.]
- 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.]
- needs adv.
- Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; -- often with must, and equivalent to of need. [Orig. gen. of need, used as an adverb. Cf. - wards.]
- furthermore adv.
- or conj. Moreover; besides; in addition to what has been said.
- 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,]
- enow
- A form of Enough.
- went n.
- Course; way; path; journey; direction.
- whit n.
- The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an iota; -- generally used in an adverbial phrase in a negative sentence. [OE. wight, wiht, AS. wiht a creature, a thing. See Wight, and cf. Aught, Naught.]
- livelong a.
- Whole; entire; long in passing; -- used of time, as day or night, in adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of tediousness. [For lifelong. Cf. Lifelong.]
- sovran a.
- A variant of Sovereign.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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The Banishment of the Cid XXXII 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 XXXII is 35 lines in 3 stanzas. The metre is iambic heptameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 80%). 91% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 12.6 syllables. 14% of the lines run on without a stop at the line end.
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 -ABBCC--A---- alcocér · thereA · theyB · weighB · apaceC · disgraceC · bivár · are · thereA · terrér · alone · jalón · furthermore
- 2 -ABABB- sore · delayA · thereB · awayA · frontierB · hereB · satisfied
- 3 -AABBCCDD-EED-- ride · nightA · lightA · spendB · sendB · cameC · nameC · dayD · theyD · the · landE · handE · theyD · bear · alcocér
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 |
|---|---|---|
| The Cid with all his booty lieth in Alcocér. | 12 | ·····/˘····· |
| He let the tent be sent for, that he left behind him there. | 14 | ·············· |
| It irked the men of Teca, wroth in Terrér were they; | 14 | ··˘··········· |
| Know ye on all Calatayúd sorely the thing did weigh. | 13 | ·······/˘···· |
| To the Sovereign of Valencia they sent the news apace: | 14 | ··/˘·˘/˘····˘/ |
| How that the King Alfonso hath banished in disgrace | 14 | ········/˘˘·˘/ |
| One whom men call my lord the Cid, Roy Diaz of Bivár, | 14 | ·········/···· |
| He came to lodge by Alcocér, and strong his lodgings are. | 14 | ···········/˘· |
| He drew them out to ambush; he has won the castle there. | 14 | ·····/·····/˘· |
| "If thou aidest not needs must thou lose both Teca and Terrér, | 15 | ··············· |
| Thou wilt have lost Calatayúd that cannot stand alone. | 13 | ········/˘·˘/ |
| All things will go to ruin on the banks of the Jalón, | 14 | ·····/˘······· |
| And round about Jilóca on the far bank furthermore." | 14 | ···········/˘· |
| When the King Tamín had heard it, his heart was troubled sore: | 14 | ···········/˘· |
| "Here do I see three Moorish kings. Let two without delay | 14 | ·····/˘·····˘/ |
| With three thousand Moors and weapons for the fight ride there | 13 | ··/˘··/˘····· |
| away; | 2 | ˘/ |
| Likewise they shall be aided by the men of the frontier. | 14 | /····/˘·····˘/ |
| See that ye take him living and bring him to me here. | 13 | ·····/˘······ |
| He must pay for the realm's trespass till I be satisfied." | 14 | ······/····/˘· |
| Three thousand Moors have mounted and fettled them to ride. | 13 | ·/˘··/˘··˘··· |
| All they unto Segórbe have come to lodge that night. | 12 | ············ |
| The next day they got ready to ride at morning light. | 13 | ·····/˘···/˘· |
| In the evening unto Celfa they came the night to spend. | 14 | ··/˘·········· |
| And there they have determined for the borderers to send. | 14 | ····˘/˘······· |
| Little enow they tarried; from every side they came. | 13 | /˘˘/···/˘˘··· |
| Then they went forth from Celfa (of Canál it has its name), | 14 | ·············· |
| Never a whit they rested, but marched the livelong day. | 14 | /˘···/˘··˘·/˘· |
| And that night unto their lodging in Calatayúd came they. | 14 | ······/˘······ |
| And they sent forth their heralds through the length of all the | 13 | ·····/˘······ |
| land. | 1 | · |
| A great and sovran army they gathered to their hand. | 14 | ···/˘/˘·/˘˘··· |
| With the two Kings Fáriz and Gálve (these are the names they | 13 | ············· |
| bear). | 1 | · |
| They will besiege my noble lord the Cid in Alcocér. | 14 | ··˘/·/˘······· |
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