Marquesse of North Hampton
Marquis of Northampton, had married Sir Thomas Gorges, uncle of LadyDouglas Howard, the subject of this elegy. Mr. (afterwards Sir) ArthurGorges was himself a poet, and the author of the English translation ofBacon’s tract De Sapientia Veterum, published in 1619. See Craik’s
Words in this poem
- elegy n.
- A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
Marquesse of North Hampton is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5, Project Gutenberg ebook #10602; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Edmund Spenser, Marquesse of North Hampton, in Amoretti and Epithalamion, and Other Poems (1595), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #10602, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/spenser-amoretti/marquesse-of-north-hampton.html, id L23768.
Form and metre
Marquesse of North Hampton is 4 lines in a single stanza. This poem did not settle on a metre of its own; the book it comes from is in iambic pentameter.
See other poems in iambic pentameter.
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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 pentameter. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| Marquis of Northampton, had married Sir Thomas Gorges, uncle of Lady | 19 | ·/··/˘·/˘·/˘/˘/˘·/˘ |
| Douglas Howard, the subject of this elegy. Mr. (afterwards Sir) Arthur | 17 | /˘/·/˘··/˘/˘/˘·/˘ |
| Gorges was himself a poet, and the author of the English translation of | 20 | /˘·˘/·/˘··/˘··/˘˘/˘· |
| Bacon’s tract De Sapientia Veterum, published in 1619. See Craik’s | 15 | /˘········/˘··· |
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