Sonnet 17 - My Poet, Thou Canst Touch On All The Notes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCBBCCBDBDBDB| XVII | A |
| - | |
| My poet thou canst touch on all the notes | B |
| God set between his After and Before | C |
| And strike up and strike off the general roar | C |
| Of the rushing worlds a melody that floats | B |
| In a serene air purely Antidotes | B |
| Of medicated music answering for | C |
| Mankind's forlornest uses thou canst pour | C |
| From thence into their ears God's will devotes | B |
| Thine to such ends and mine to wait on thine | D |
| How Dearest wilt thou have me for most use | B |
| A hope to sing by gladly or a fine | D |
| Sad memory with thy songs to interfuse | B |
| A shade in which to sing of palm or pine | D |
| A grave on which to rest from singing Choose | B |
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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