The Marriage of the Cid's Daughters LXXIX
Of that saying Alvar Fañez was glad when the Cid spake.Don Jerome his ordination there and then they undertake.In Valencia great riches have they given to his hand.God! how merry was all Christendom that now within the landOf Valencia a bishop of reverend grace had they!Glad therefore was Minaya and took leave and went his way.
Words in this poem
- 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.]
- christendom n.
- The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the Christian religion, or the adoption of it. [AS. cristend; cristen a Christian + -dom.]
- reverend a.
- Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection; venerable. [F. révérend, L. reverendus, fr. revereri. See Revere.]
- went n.
- Course; way; path; journey; direction.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
The Marriage of the Cid's Daughters LXXIX 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 LXXIX is 6 lines in a single stanza. It is in rhyming couplets. The metre is trochaic octameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 79%). 89% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 14.5 syllables.
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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 AABBCC spakeA · undertakeA · handB · landB · theyC · wayC
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 trochaic octameter. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| Of that saying Alvar Fañez was glad when the Cid spake. | 14 | ··/˘·········· |
| Don Jerome his ordination there and then they undertake. | 15 | ·˘/··˘/˘····/˘· |
| In Valencia great riches have they given to his hand. | 15 | ·˘/˘˘·/˘··/˘··· |
| God! how merry was all Christendom that now within the land | 15 | ··/˘··/˘˘······ |
| Of Valencia a bishop of reverend grace had they! | 15 | ·˘/˘˘·/˘·/˘˘··· |
| Glad therefore was Minaya and took leave and went his way. | 13 | ············· |
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