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I believe the stanza is actually II.iv.35, not 34. In my draft commentary on the stanza I have not (yet) tried to identify the overarching pattern, so I'm following this thread with interest. Here's what I have in draft for st. 35: St. 35 Abraham Fraunce quotes these lines in full in *Arcadian Rhetoric* (1588, E3r) as an example of ‘conceited verses’ (D7r). The four passions on which the elaborate patterning of the syntax is based correspond to the four humors: wrath to choler, jealousy to phlegm, grief to black bile, and love to blood. 35.1 *do thus expell*: This and the verb phrases in lines 6-8 are to be construed as imperatives; cf. Col. 3:8: ‘But now put ye away even all these things, wrath, angre, maliciousnes’. 35.4-5 ‘The fire bred from sparks, the weed bred from a little seed, the flood bred from drops, and filth bred the Monster’. The lines employ the figure of syllepsis: three intransitive clauses are paralleled with a fourth transitive clause, all linked to the verb ‘breede’. The effect, in an episode concerned with reversals of sequence, is unsettling. *35.5 *filth*: lust; sins of the flesh *35.6 *delay*: allay; dilute or temper *35.7 *outweed*: weed out On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 4:35 PM, Jean Goodrich <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I would call this a tricolon, the classic example of which is "Veni, vidi, > vici." > Lanham's *Handlist of Rhetorical Terms* also identifies a sub-type calls > tricolon *crescens*. The *crescens* may refer to the "show-stopper" part. > > Jean Goodrich > English Department > University of Arizona > > > > On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 10:36 AM, David Miller <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> Years ago I had an extended conversation about this passage (which I had >> been misconstruing) via email with Andrew Zurcher, and I think he told me >> then what that peculiar disposition of clauses is called. I should have a >> chance later to search through back emails to see if I can find it. >> >> In another matter entirely, I bet members of this list will be glad to >> know that Andrew's first novel, *Twelve Nights, *is out from Penguin >> Random House UK. I ordered my copy, which arrived today, from Amazon UK. I >> can hardly wait to dig in! >> >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 1:01 PM, Tuggle, Brad <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >>> In discussing the rhetorical patterns of this stanza, I might want to >>> talk about epanodos (in one definition of which individual items are >>> subsequently and individually expanded upon) combined with a sort of >>> delayed and ordered anadiplosis (which turns the last term into the first >>> term). But I might just call it a “show-stopper interwoven list.” >>> >>> >>> >>> *From: *Sidney-Spenser Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> >>> on behalf of "RACK, MELISSA" <[log in to unmask]> >>> *Reply-To: *Sidney-Spenser Discussion List < >>> [log in to unmask]> >>> *Date: *Thursday, April 19, 2018 at 11:11 AM >>> *To: *"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> >>> *Subject: *Re: So shall wrath, gealosy, grief, love die and decay >>> >>> >>> >>> I suppose you could call it "spondaic verse" but I'm not sure that's a >>> thing. Does madrigal have a specific verse form? >>> >>> >>> >>> ~Melissa J. Rack >>> >>> Assistant Professor of English >>> >>> University of South Carolina, Salkehatchie >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> *From:* Sidney-Spenser Discussion List [[log in to unmask]] >>> on behalf of Vasiliauskas, Emily [[log in to unmask]] >>> *Sent:* Thursday, April 19, 2018 11:24 AM >>> *To:* [log in to unmask] >>> *Subject:* So shall wrath, gealosy, grief, love die and decay >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> >>> >>> Is there a technical name for that show-stopper interwoven list form >>> that Spenser uses from time to time? The example I have ready-to-hand is >>> *FQ* II.iv.34: >>> >>> >>> >>> "Wrath, gealosie, griefe, love do thus expel: >>> >>> Wrath is a fire, and gealosie a weede, >>> >>> Griefe is a flood, and love a monster fell; >>> >>> The fire of sparkes, the weede of little seede, >>> >>> The flood of drops, the Monster filth did breede: >>> >>> But sparks, seed, drops, and filth do thus delay; >>> >>> The sparks soone quench, the springing seed outweed >>> >>> The drops dry up, and filth wipe cleane away: >>> >>> So shall wrath, gealosy, grief, love die and decay." >>> >>> >>> >>> I seem to remember a relationship between this and madrigal form? But >>> I'm not sure at all. >>> >>> >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> >>> >>> >>> Emily >>> >>> --------------------------- >>> >>> Emily Vasiliauskas >>> >>> Assistant Professor of English >>> >>> Williams College >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> David Lee Miller >> University of South Carolina >> Columbia, SC 29208 >> (803) 777-4256 >> FAX 777-9064 >> [log in to unmask] >> Center for Digital Humanities <http://www.cdh.sc.edu/> >> Faculty Web Page <http://www.cas.sc.edu/engl/people/pages/miller.html> >> >> > -- David Lee Miller University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 (803) 777-4256 FAX 777-9064 [log in to unmask] Center for Digital Humanities <http://www.cdh.sc.edu/> Faculty Web Page <http://www.cas.sc.edu/engl/people/pages/miller.html>