Sonnet Cliii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B AACBDDEEFFGGHH D| Se Virgilio ed Omero avessin visto | A |
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| THE MOST FAMOUS POETS OF ANTIQUITY WOULD HAVE SUNG HER ONLY HAD THEY SEEN HER | B |
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| Had tuneful Maro seen and Homer old | A |
| The living sun which here mine eyes behold | A |
| The best powers they had join'd of either lyre | C |
| Sweetness and strength that fame she might acquire | B |
| Unsung had been with vex'd neas then | D |
| Achilles and Ulysses godlike men | D |
| And for nigh sixty years who ruled so well | E |
| The world and who before gysthus fell | E |
| Nay that old flower of virtues and of arms | F |
| As this new flower of chastity and charms | F |
| A rival star had scarce such radiance flung | G |
| In rugged verse him honour'd Ennius sung | G |
| I her in mine Grant Heaven on my poor lays | H |
| She frown not nor disdain my humble praise | H |
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| ANON | D |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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