Appendix, Note VII: General Beaupuy
'... somewhat vain he was,Or seemed so, yet it was not vanity,But fondness, and a kind of radiant joyDiffused around him ...'
Passing over numerous military incidents, on the 26th of June 1796Beaupuy received seven or eight sabre-cuts at Jorich-Wildstadt. But onthe 8th of July he was already back at his post.
He again greatly distinguished himself on the 1st of September 1796 atGreisenfeld and Langenbruck, where the victory of the French was owingto a timely attack made by Desaix and himself.
General Moreau had Beaupuy's remains transported to Brisach, where amonument was erected to his memory in 1802, after the peace ofLunéville.
Words in this poem
- fondness n.
- The quality or state of being fond; foolishness.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
Appendix, Note VII: General Beaupuy is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 3 (of 8), Project Gutenberg ebook #12383; 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
Appendix, Note VII: General Beaupuy is 13 lines in 4 stanzas. This poem did not settle on a metre of its own; the book it comes from is 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 |
|---|---|---|
| '... somewhat vain he was, | 5 | //··· |
| Or seemed so, yet it was not vanity, | 10 | ·······/˘˘ |
| But fondness, and a kind of radiant joy | 10 | ·/˘····/˘· |
| Diffused around him ...' | 5 | ˘/··· |
| Passing over numerous military incidents, on the 26th of June 1796 | 15 | /˘·/˘/˘·˘/˘···· |
| Beaupuy received seven or eight sabre-cuts at Jorich-Wildstadt. But on | 17 | ··˘//··/˘········ |
| the 8th of July he was already back at his post. | 13 | ···/··˘/˘···· |
| He again greatly distinguished himself on the 1st of September 1796 at | 18 | ·˘//˘˘/˘˘/····˘/˘· |
| Greisenfeld and Langenbruck, where the victory of the French was owing | 17 | ·········/˘····/˘ |
| to a timely attack made by Desaix and himself. | 13 | ··/˘˘/·····˘/ |
| General Moreau had Beaupuy's remains transported to Brisach, where a | 17 | /˘˘/···˘/˘/˘····· |
| monument was erected to his memory in 1802, after the peace of | 16 | /˘·˘/˘··/˘······ |
| Lunéville. | 4 | ···· |
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