Sonnet Ccviii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDDCEFFEGHHGHH I| L' aura che 'l verde Lauro e l' aureo crine | A |
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| HE PRAYS THAT HE MAY DIE BEFORE LAURA | B |
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| The balmy gale that with its tender sigh | C |
| Moves the green laurel and the golden hair | D |
| Makes with its graceful visitings and rare | D |
| The gazer's spirit from his body fly | C |
| A sweet and snow white rose in hard thorns set | E |
| Where in the world her fellow shall we find | F |
| The glory of our age Creator kind | F |
| Grant that ere hers my death shall first be met | E |
| So the great public loss I may not see | G |
| The world without its sun in darkness left | H |
| And from my desolate eyes their sole light reft | H |
| My mind with which no other thoughts agree | G |
| Mine ears which by no other sound are stirr'd | H |
| Except her ever pure and gentle word | H |
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| MACGREGOR | I |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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