Sonnet Clxi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDDCCDECFGGFHH I JDJDKAKALMNLHH O| L' aura gentil che rasserena i poggi | A |
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| JOURNEYING TO VISIT LAURA HE FEELS RENEWED ARDOUR AS HE APPROACHES | B |
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| The gale that o'er yon hills flings softer blue | C |
| And wakes to life each bud that gems the glade | D |
| I know its breathings such impression made | D |
| Wafting me fame but wafting sorrow too | C |
| My wearied soul to soothe I bid adieu | C |
| To those dear Tuscan haunts I first survey'd | D |
| And to dispel the gloom around me spread | E |
| I seek this day my cheering sun to view | C |
| Whose sweet attraction is so strong so great | F |
| That Love again compels me to its light | G |
| Then he so dazzles me that vain were flight | G |
| Not arms to brave 'tis wings to 'scape my fate | F |
| I ask but by those beams I'm doom'd to die | H |
| When distant which consume and which enflame when nigh | H |
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| NOTT | I |
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| The gentle air which brightens each green hill | J |
| Wakening the flowers that paint this bowery glade | D |
| I recognise it by its soft breath still | J |
| My sorrow and renown which long has made | D |
| Again where erst my sick heart shelter sought | K |
| From my dear native Tuscan air I flee | A |
| That light may cheer my dark and troubled thought | K |
| I seek my sun and hope to day to see | A |
| That sun so great and genial sweetness brings | L |
| That Love compels me to his beams again | M |
| Which then so dazzle me that flight is vain | N |
| I ask for my escape not arms but wings | L |
| Heaven by this light condemns me sure to die | H |
| Which from afar consumes and burns when nigh | H |
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| MACGREGOR | O |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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