Sonnet 08 - What Can I Give Thee Back, O Liberal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCDDCCDEFEFEG| VIII | A |
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| What can I give thee back O liberal | B |
| And princely giver who hast brought the gold | C |
| And purple of thine heart unstained untold | C |
| And laid them on the outside of the wall | D |
| For such as I to take or leave withal | D |
| In unexpected largesse am I cold | C |
| Ungrateful that for these most manifold | C |
| High gifts I render nothing back at all | D |
| Not so not cold but very poor instead | E |
| Ask God who knows For frequent tears have run | F |
| The colors from my life and left so dead | E |
| And pale a stuff it were not fitly done | F |
| To give the same as pillow to thy head | E |
| Go farther let it serve to trample on | G |
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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