The Quene of Fame to Occupacioun
Yowre boke of remembrauns we will now that ye rede;If ony recordis in noumbyr can be founde,What Skelton hath compilid and wryton in dedeRehersyng by ordre, and what is the grownde,Let se now for hym how ye can expounde;For in owr courte, ye wote wele, his name can not ryseBut if he wryte oftenner than ones or twyse.
Words in this poem
- boke v. t.
- To poke; to thrust.
- rede v. t.
- To advise or counsel. [See Read, v. t.]
- ordre n.
- Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as: (a) Of material things, like the books in a library. [OE. ordre, F. ordre, fr. L. ordo, ordinis. Cf. Ordain, Ordinal.]
- wele n.
- Prosperity; happiness; well-being; weal. [See Weal prosperity.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
The Quene of Fame to Occupacioun 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.
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Form and metre
The Quene of Fame to Occupacioun is 7 lines in a single stanza. The metre is anapaestic tetrameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 81%). 100% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 11.7 syllables.
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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 ABA-BCC redeA · foundeB · dedeA · grownde · expoundeB · ryseC · twyseC
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 anapaestic tetrameter. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| Yowre boke of remembrauns we will now that ye rede; | 12 | ············ |
| If ony recordis in noumbyr can be founde, | 12 | ·/˘········· |
| What Skelton hath compilid and wryton in dede | 12 | ·/˘········· |
| Rehersyng by ordre, and what is the grownde, | 11 | ····/˘····· |
| Let se now for hym how ye can expounde; | 11 | ··/········ |
| For in owr courte, ye wote wele, his name can not ryse | 13 | ············· |
| But if he wryte oftenner than ones or twyse. | 11 | ··········· |
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