Sonnet Cl Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CAACCAACADADEE B FGGHFGGFADADAD G| Se 'l dolce sguardo di costei m' ancide | A |
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| HE IS CONTINUALLY IN FEAR OF DISPLEASING HER | B |
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| If thus the dear glance of my lady slay | C |
| On her sweet sprightly speech if dangers wait | A |
| If o'er me Love usurp a power so great | A |
| Oft as she speaks or when her sun smiles play | C |
| Alas what were it if she put away | C |
| Or for my fault or by my luckless fate | A |
| Her eyes from pity and to death's full hate | A |
| Which now she keeps aloof should then betray | C |
| Thus if at heart with terror I am cold | A |
| When o'er her fair face doubtful shadows spring | D |
| The feeling has its source in sufferings old | A |
| Woman by nature is a fickle thing | D |
| And female hearts time makes the proverb sure | E |
| Can never long one state of love endure | E |
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| MACGREGOR | B |
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| If the soft glance the speech both kind and wise | F |
| Of that beloved one can wound me so | G |
| And if whene'er she lets her accents flow | G |
| Or even smiles Love gains such victories | H |
| Alas what should I do were those dear eyes | F |
| Which now secure my life through weal and woe | G |
| From fault of mine or evil fortune slow | G |
| To shed on me their light in pity's guise | F |
| And if my trembling spirit groweth cold | A |
| Whene'er I see change to her aspect spring | D |
| This fear is only born of trials old | A |
| Woman by nature is a fickle thing | D |
| And hence I know her heart hath power to hold | A |
| But a brief space Love's sweet imagining | D |
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| WROTTESLEY | G |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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