The Marriage of the Cid's Daughters CVIII
Then every man departed to his lodging-place that night.The Cid Campeador has entered his castle once again.Abode him Dame Xiména, she and her daughters twain.
"Campeador who in good season girt sword, thou hast come thy ways;May the eyes of our faces behold thee many days."
"I am come, wife much honored, by the Creator's grace,And sons-in-law I bring thee, whence our fame shall wax apace.I have married you well, my daughters, so thank me for it well.
Words in this poem
- abode n.
- Act of waiting; delay. [OE. abad, abood, fr. abiden to abide. See Abide. For the change of vowel, cf. abode, imp. of abide.]
- dame n.
- A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a womam in authority; especially, a lady. [F. dame, LL. domna, fr. L. domina mistress, lady, fem. of dominus master, ruler, lord; akin to domare to tame, subdue. See Tame, and cf. Dam mother, Dan, Danger]
- twain a.
- Two;- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque. [OE. twein, tweien, tweyne, AS. twegen, masc. See Two.]
- girt v. t.
- To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree. [From Girt, n., cf. Girth, v.]
- hast
- , 2d pers. sing. pres. of. Fave, contr. of havest.
- 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,]
- 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.]
- thank n.
- A expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a sense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or desert, or gratitude; -- now generally used in the plural. [AS. Þanc, Þonc, thanks, favor, thought; akin to OS. thank favor, pleasure, thanks, D. & G. dank thanks, Icel. Þ\'94kk, Dan. tak, Sw. tack, Goth. Þagks thanks; -]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
The Marriage of the Cid's Daughters CVIII 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 Marriage of the Cid's Daughters CVIII is 8 lines in 3 verse paragraphs. It is in rhyming couplets, 75% of the lines. The metre is iambic heptameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 79%). 74% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 14.5 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 -AA night · againA · twainA
- 2 AA waysA · daysA
- 3 AA- graceA · apaceA · well
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Then every man departed to his lodging-place that night. | 15 | ·/˘˘·˘/˘··/˘··· |
| The Cid Campeador has entered his castle once again. | 15 | ······/˘˘·/˘·˘/ |
| Abode him Dame Xiména, she and her daughters twain. | 13 | ˘/········/˘· |
| "Campeador who in good season girt sword, thou hast come thy ways; | 15 | ······/˘······· |
| May the eyes of our faces behold thee many days." | 14 | ····/˘/˘˘/·/˘· |
| "I am come, wife much honored, by the Creator's grace, | 14 | ·····/˘˘··˘/˘· |
| And sons-in-law I bring thee, whence our fame shall wax apace. | 15 | ········/˘···˘/ |
| I have married you well, my daughters, so thank me for it well. | 15 | ··/˘···/˘······ |
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