Imprinted at London in Foster-lane by Ihon Walley
Here after foloweth certaine bokes cōpyled by mayster Skeltō, PoetLaureat, whose names here after shall appere.
Speake Parot.The death of the noble Prynce Kynge Edwarde the fourth.A treatyse of the Scottes.Ware the Hawke.The Tunnynge of Elynoure Rummyng.
Thus endeth these lytle workes compyled by maister Skelton PoetLaureat.
Heare after foloweth certain bokes Compiled by Master Skelton, PoetLaureat, whose names here after doth appere.
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,]
- maister n.
- Master. Chaucer.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
Imprinted at London in Foster-lane by Ihon Walley is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Poetical Works of John Skelton, Volume 1 (of 2), Project Gutenberg ebook #59997; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: John Skelton, Imprinted at London in Foster-lane by Ihon Walley, in Poetical Works, Volume I (1500–1529), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #59997, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/skelton-poems/imprinted-at-london-in-foster-lane-by-ihon-walley.html, id L08620.
Form and metre
Imprinted at London in Foster-lane by Ihon Walley is 11 lines in 4 verse paragraphs. It is unrhymed, as far as the pronouncing dictionary can tell. 100% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 9.6 syllables. 3 lines end on an unstressed syllable, a feminine ending. 27% 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Here after foloweth certaine bokes cōpyled by mayster Skeltō, Poet | 17 | ···············/˘ |
| Laureat, whose names here after shall appere. | 10 | ·········· |
| Speake Parot. | 3 | ··· |
| The death of the noble Prynce Kynge Edwarde the fourth. | 12 | ····/˘······ |
| A treatyse of the Scottes. | 6 | ······ |
| Ware the Hawke. | 3 | ··· |
| The Tunnynge of Elynoure Rummyng. | 9 | ········· |
| Thus endeth these lytle workes compyled by maister Skelton Poet | 16 | ····/˘····/˘/˘/˘ |
| Laureat. | 2 | ·· |
| Heare after foloweth certain bokes Compiled by Master Skelton, Poet | 18 | ······/˘·˘/·/˘/˘/˘ |
| Laureat, whose names here after doth appere. | 10 | ·········· |
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