Sonnet Clxvi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDEFCDDCGHGIHI J KLKLDMDMNOOPQQ R| O bella man che mi distringi 'l core | A |
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| THE STOLEN GLOVE | B |
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| O beauteous hand that dost my heart subdue | C |
| And in a little space my life confine | D |
| Hand where their skill and utmost efforts join | E |
| Nature and Heaven their plastic powers to show | F |
| Sweet fingers seeming pearls of orient hue | C |
| To my wounds only cruel fingers fine | D |
| Love who towards me kindness doth design | D |
| For once permits ye naked to our view | C |
| Thou glove most dear most elegant and white | G |
| Encasing ivory tinted with the rose | H |
| More precious covering ne'er met mortal sight | G |
| Would I such portion of thy veil had gain'd | I |
| O fleeting gifts which fortune's hand bestows | H |
| 'Tis justice to restore what theft alone obtain'd | I |
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| NOTT | J |
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| O beauteous hand which robb'st me of my heart | K |
| And holdest all my life in little space | L |
| Hand which their utmost effort and best art | K |
| Nature and Heaven alike have join'd to grace | L |
| O sister pearls of orient hue ye fine | D |
| And fairy fingers to my wounds alone | M |
| Cruel and cold does Love awhile incline | D |
| In my behalf that naked ye are shown | M |
| O glove most snowy delicate and dear | N |
| Which spotless ivory and fresh roses set | O |
| Where can on earth a sweeter spoil be met | O |
| Unless her fair veil thus reward us here | P |
| Inconstancy of human things the theft | Q |
| Late won and dearly prized too soon from me is reft | Q |
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| MACGREGOR | R |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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