Sonnet L Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBBBBBBCBCDD| In every breast Affection fires there dwells | A |
| A secret consciousness to what degree | B |
| They are themselves belov'd We hourly see | B |
| Th' involuntary proof that either quells | B |
| Or ought to quell false hopes or sets us free | B |
| From pain'd distrust but O the misery | B |
| Weak Self Delusion timidly repels | B |
| The lights obtrusive shrinks from all that tells | B |
| Unwelcome truths and vainly seeks repose | B |
| For startled Fondness in the opiate balm | C |
| Of kind profession tho' perchance it flows | B |
| To hush Complaint O in Belief's clear calm | C |
| Or 'mid the lurid clouds of Doubt we find | D |
| LOVE rise the Sun or Comet of the Mind | D |
Anna Seward
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