Ballata I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A B CDDCEFGFEGGHHH H HHFFIIHHJJAAHHHHKL H

Lassare il velo o per sole o per ombraA
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PERCEIVING HIS PASSION LAURA'S SEVERITY INCREASESB
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Never thy veil in sun or in the shadeC
Lady a moment I have seenD
Quitted since of my heart the queenD
Mine eyes confessing thee my heart betray'dC
While my enamour'd thoughts I kept conceal'dE
Those fond vain hopes by which I dieF
In thy sweet features kindness beam'dG
Changed was the gentle language of thine eyeF
Soon as my foolish heart itself reveal'dE
And all that mildness which I changeless deem'dG
All all withdrawn which most my soul esteem'dG
Yet still the veil I must obeyH
Which whatsoe'er the aspect of the dayH
Thine eyes' fair radiance hides my life to overshadeH
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CAPEL LOFFTH
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Wherefore my unkind fair one sayH
Whether the sun fierce darts his rayH
Or whether gloom o'erspreads the skyF
That envious veil is ne'er thrown byF
Though well you read my heart and knewI
How much I long'd your charms to viewI
While I conceal'd each tender thoughtH
That my fond mind's destruction wroughtH
Your face with pity sweetly shoneJ
But when love made my passion knownJ
Your sunny locks were seen no moreA
Nor smiled your eyes as heretoforeA
Behind a jealous cloud retiredH
Those beauties which I most admiredH
And shall a veil thus rule my fateH
O cruel veil that whether heatH
Or cold be felt art doom'd to proveK
Fatal to me shadowing the lights I loveL
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NOTTH

Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)



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