Sonnet Cliv Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B ACACADADEFGFEG F AHAHAHAHIJJIAA B| Giunto Alessandro alla famosa tomba | A |
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| HE FEARS THAT HE IS INCAPABLE OF WORTHILY CELEBRATING HER | B |
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| The son of Philip when he saw the tomb | A |
| Of fierce Achilles with a sigh thus said | C |
| O happy whose achievements erst found room | A |
| From that illustrious trumpet to be spread | C |
| O'er earth for ever But beyond the gloom | A |
| Of deep Oblivion shall that loveliest maid | D |
| Whose like to view seems not of earthly doom | A |
| By my imperfect accents be convey'd | D |
| Her of the Homeric the Orph an Lyre | E |
| Most worthy or that shepherd Mantua's pride | F |
| To be the theme of their immortal lays | G |
| Her stars and unpropitious fate denied | F |
| This palm and me bade to such height aspire | E |
| Who haply dim her glories by my praise | G |
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| CAPEL LOFFT | F |
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| When Alexander at the famous tomb | A |
| Of fierce Achilles stood the ambitious sigh | H |
| Burst from his bosom Fortunate on whom | A |
| Th' eternal bard shower'd honours bright and high | H |
| But ah for so to each is fix'd his doom | A |
| This pure fair dove whose like by mortal eye | H |
| Was never seen what poor and scanty room | A |
| For her great praise can my weak verse supply | H |
| Whom worthiest Homer's line and Orpheus' song | I |
| Or his whom reverent Mantua still admires | J |
| Sole and sufficient she to wake such lyres | J |
| An adverse star a fate here only wrong | I |
| Entrusts to one who worships her dear name | A |
| Yet haply injures by his praise her fame | A |
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| MACGREGOR | B |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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