Sonnet Ccvi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDDCCDDCCEFCEF D FGGFFGGFHIAJKA K| Il mal mi preme e mi spaventa il peggio | A |
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| TO A FRIEND IN LOVE LIKE HIMSELF HE CAN GIVE NO ADVICE BUT TO RAISE HIS SOUL TO GOD | B |
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| Evil oppresses me and worse dismay | C |
| To which a plain and ample way I find | D |
| Driven like thee by frantic passion blind | D |
| Urged by harsh thoughts I bend like thee my way | C |
| Nor know I if for war or peace to pray | C |
| To war is ruin shame to peace assign'd | D |
| But wherefore languish thus Rather resign'd | D |
| Whate'er the Will Supreme ordains obey | C |
| However ill that honour me beseem | C |
| By thee conferr'd whom that affection cheats | E |
| Which many a perfect eye to error sways | F |
| To raise thy spirit to that realm supreme | C |
| My counsel is and win those blissful seats | E |
| For short the time and few the allotted days | F |
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| CAPEL LOFFT | D |
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| The bad oppresses me the worse dismays | F |
| To which so broad and plain a path I see | G |
| My spirit to like frenzy led with thee | G |
| Tried by the same hard thoughts in dotage strays | F |
| Nor knows if peace or war of God it prays | F |
| Though great the loss and deep the shame to me | G |
| But why pine longer Best our lot will be | G |
| What Heaven's high will ordains when man obeys | F |
| Though I of that great honour worthless prove | H |
| Offer'd by thee herein Love leads to err | I |
| Who often makes the sound eye to see wrong | A |
| My counsel this instant on Heaven above | J |
| Thy soul to elevate thy heart to spur | K |
| For though the time be short the way is long | A |
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| MACGREGOR | K |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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