The Sonnet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDCEFD| PURE form that like some chalice of old time | A |
| Contain'st the liquid of the poet's thought | B |
| Within thy curving hollow gem enwrought | B |
| With interwoven traceries of rhyme | A |
| While o'er thy brim the bubbling fancies climb | A |
| What thing am I that undismayed have sought | B |
| To pour my verse with trembling hand untaught | B |
| Into a shape so small yet so sublime | A |
| Because perfection haunts the hearts of men | C |
| Because thy sacred chalice gathered up | D |
| The wine of Petrarch Shakspere Shelley then | C |
| Receive these tears of failure as they drop | E |
| Sole vintage of my life since I am fain | F |
| To pour them in a consecrated cup | D |
Edith Wharton
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