Arms and the Boy The title alludes to the opening words of Virgil's Latin epic poem the "Aeneid": "Arma virumque cano" ("Of arms and the man I sing"). The poem is written in heroic couplets, in which successive pairs of lines have related ending sounds. In this instance, the final words do not rhyme; for example, "blade" and "blood" in the quotation. This is a scheme called half rhyme. Text of the Poem at Poetry Foundation Arms and the Boy "Arms and the Boy" is a poem by Wilfred Owen. Like Owen's other famous poems, it deals with the atrocities of World War I;
College of Arms by proving descent in an unbroken male line from someone registered as so entitled or by a new grant from the King of Arms. In addition, but more rarely, arms can also be gained: by a grant from the Crown; by prescription (meaning in use since time immemorial); by succeeding to an office; or by marriage. The descent of arms follows strongly the Law of heraldic arms, which is a branch of English law, interpreted by civil lawyers in the Court of Chivalry. Sir Edward Coke in his "Commentary upon Littleton" (1628) wrote that "gentry and armes is the nature