The Andrian: Act the Fifth: Scene VII
CHAR. I come to see what Pamphilus is doing:And there he is!
PAM. And is this true?--yes, yes,I know 'tis true, because I wish it so.Therefore I think the life of Gods eternal,For that their joys are permanent: and now,My soul hath her content so absolute,That I too am immortal, if no illStep in betwixt me and this happiness.Oh, for a bosom-friend now to pour outMy ecstasies before him!CHAR. What's this rapture? (Listening.)
PAM. Oh, yonder's Davus: nobody more welcome:For he, I know, will join in transport with me.
Words in this poem
- betwixt prep.
- In the space which separates; between. [OE. betwix, bitwix, rarely bitwixt, AS. betweox, betweohs, betweoh, betwih; pref. be- by + a form fr. AS. twa two. See Between.]
- nobody n.
- No person; no one; not anybody. [No, a. + body.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
The Andrian: Act the Fifth: Scene VII is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Comedies of Terence, Project Gutenberg ebook #22695; 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 Andrian: Act the Fifth: Scene VII is 14 lines in 3 stanzas. The metre is iambic pentameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 77%).
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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.
- 2 --A--A---- yes · so · eternalA · now · absolute · illA · happiness · out · him · listening
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CHAR. I come to see what Pamphilus is doing: | 11 | ··········/ |
| And there he is! | 4 | ···· |
| PAM. And is this true?--yes, yes, | 7 | ······· |
| I know 'tis true, because I wish it so. | 10 | ·········· |
| Therefore I think the life of Gods eternal, | 11 | ········˘/˘ |
| For that their joys are permanent: and now, | 10 | ·····/˘˘·· |
| My soul hath her content so absolute, | 10 | ····˘/·/˘· |
| That I too am immortal, if no ill | 10 | ····˘/˘··· |
| Step in betwixt me and this happiness. | 10 | ··˘/···/˘˘ |
| Oh, for a bosom-friend now to pour out | 10 | ···/˘····· |
| My ecstasies before him! | 7 | ·/˘˘··· |
| CHAR. What's this rapture? (Listening.) | 8 | ···/˘/˘˘ |
| PAM. Oh, yonder's Davus: nobody more welcome: | 12 | ··/˘··/···/˘ |
| For he, I know, will join in transport with me. | 11 | ·······˘/·· |
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