The Self-Tormentor: Act the Fourth: Scene VII
CHREM. Have youInform'd him of the business? (To SYRUS.)SYRUS. In good part.
CLIT. Give it me. (Awkwardly.)
SYRUS. Now in with me immediately!--You, Sir, (To CHREMES.)Be pleas'd meanwhile to wait our coming here;There's nothing to detain us very long.(Exit CLITIPHO and SYRUS.
Words in this poem
- meanwhile n.
- The intervening time; as, in the meantime (or mean time).
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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The Self-Tormentor: Act the Fourth: 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 Self-Tormentor: Act the Fourth: Scene VII is 8 lines in 3 stanzas. The metre is iambic pentameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 82%).
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| CHREM. Have you | 3 | ··· |
| Inform'd him of the business? (To SYRUS.) | 10 | ˘/···/˘··· |
| SYRUS. In good part. | 5 | ····· |
| CLIT. Give it me. (Awkwardly.) | 7 | ····/˘˘ |
| SYRUS. Now in with me immediately!--You, Sir, (To CHREMES.) | 13 | ······˘/˘···· |
| Be pleas'd meanwhile to wait our coming here; | 10 | ··/···//˘· |
| There's nothing to detain us very long. | 10 | ·/˘·˘/·/˘· |
| (Exit CLITIPHO and SYRUS. | 8 | /˘······ |
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