Of Beauty And Duty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAACCADEFFED| TWO ladies to the summit of my mind | A |
| Have clomb to hold an argument of love | B |
| The one has wisdom with her from above | B |
| For every noblest virtue well designed | A |
| The other beauty's tempting power refined | A |
| And the high charm of perfect grace approve | C |
| And I as my sweet Master's will doth move | C |
| At feet of both their favors am reclined | A |
| Beauty and Duty in my soul keep strife | D |
| At question if the heart such course can take | E |
| And 'twixt the two ladies hold its love complete | F |
| The fount of gentle speech yields answer meet | F |
| That Beauty may be loved for gladness sake | E |
| And Duty in the lofty ends of life | D |
Dante Alighieri
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