A.D. Page
1343. Birth of his daughter Francesca--he writes hisdialogues "De secreto conflictu curarumsuarum"--is sent to Naples by Clement VI. andCardinal Colonna--goes to Rome for a third anda fourth time--returns from Naples to Parma. li
1351. Writes to Andrea Dandolo with a view to reconcilethe Venetians and Florentines--the Florentinesdecree the restoration of his paternal property,and send John Boccaccio to recall him to hiscountry--he returns, for the sixth time, toAvignon--is consulted by the four Cardinals, whohad been deputed to reform the government of Rome. lxxx
1353. Visits his brother in the Carthusian monastery ofMonte Rivo--writes his treatise "De OtioReligiosorum"--returns to Italy--takes up hisabode with the Visconti--is sent by the ArchbishopVisconti to Venice, to negotiate a peace between theVenetians and Genoese. xc
1366. Writes to Urban V. imploring him to remove thePapal residence to Rome--finishes his treatise"De Remediis utriusque Fortunae." cxviii
Words in this poem
- carthusian n.
- A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded at Chartreuse in France by St. Bruno, in the year 1086. [LL. Cartusianus, Cartusiensis, from the town of Chartreuse, in France.]
- monte n.
- A favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice or cards. [Sp., lit., mountain, hence, the stock of cards remaining after laying out a certain number, fr. L. mons, montis, mountain.]
- 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.]
- genoese a.
- Of or pertaining to Genoa, a city of Italy.
- urban a.
- Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population. [L. urbanus belonging to the urbs, urbis, a city: cf. F. urbain. Cf. Urbane.]
- imploring a.
- That implores; beseeching; entreating.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
A.D. Page is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Sonnets, Triumphs and Other Poems, Project Gutenberg ebook #17650, the various hands 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
A.D. Page is 21 lines in 4 stanzas. 75% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 12.3 syllables. 3 lines end on an unstressed syllable, a feminine ending. 95% of the lines run on without a stop at the line end.
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- his · curarum · andA · andA · li
- 2 ----AA- reconcile · florentines · property · his · toA · whoA · —
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. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| 1343. Birth of his daughter Francesca--he writes his | 11 | ···/˘˘/˘··· |
| dialogues "De secreto conflictu curarum | 13 | /˘··········· |
| suarum"--is sent to Naples by Clement VI. and | 12 | ·····/˘·/˘·· |
| Cardinal Colonna--goes to Rome for a third and | 12 | /˘˘/˘······· |
| a fourth time--returns from Naples to Parma. li | 12 | ···˘/·/˘·/˘· |
| 1351. Writes to Andrea Dandolo with a view to reconcile | 14 | ··/˘·······/˘· |
| the Venetians and Florentines--the Florentines | 12 | ·˘/˘·/˘··/˘· |
| decree the restoration of his paternal property, | 14 | ˘/··˘/˘··˘/˘/˘ |
| and send John Boccaccio to recall him to his | 12 | ·······/···· |
| country--he returns, for the sixth time, to | 10 | /˘·˘/····· |
| Avignon--is consulted by the four Cardinals, who | 13 | /˘··˘/˘···/˘· |
| had been deputed to reform the government of Rome. lxxx | 14 | ······˘/·/˘··· |
| 1353. Visits his brother in the Carthusian monastery of | 15 | /˘·/˘··˘/˘/˘·˘· |
| Monte Rivo--writes his treatise "De Otio | 11 | /˘····/˘··· |
| Religiosorum"--returns to Italy--takes up his | 13 | ·····˘/·/˘··· |
| abode with the Visconti--is sent by the Archbishop | 14 | ˘/··˘/˘····//˘ |
| Visconti to Venice, to negotiate a peace between the | 16 | ˘/˘·/˘·˘/˘······ |
| Venetians and Genoese. xc | 7 | ˘/˘·/˘· |
| 1366. Writes to Urban V. imploring him to remove the | 13 | ··/˘·˘/˘··˘/· |
| Papal residence to Rome--finishes his treatise | 11 | /˘/˘··/˘·/˘ |
| "De Remediis utriusque Fortunae." cxviii | 9 | ········· |
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