Sonnet Clxvii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDDCCDDCEFFEDD G| Non pur quell' una bella ignuda mano | A |
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| HE RETURNS THE GLOVE BEWAILING THE EFFECT OF HER BEAUTY | B |
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| Not of one dear hand only I complain | C |
| Which hides it to my loss again from view | D |
| But its fair fellow and her soft arms too | D |
| Are prompt my meek and passive heart to pain | C |
| Love spreads a thousand toils nor one in vain | C |
| Amid the many charms bright pure and new | D |
| That so her high and heavenly part endue | D |
| No style can equal it no mind attain | C |
| That starry forehead and those tranquil eyes | E |
| The fair angelic mouth where pearl and rose | F |
| Contrast each other whence rich music flows | F |
| These fill the gazer with a fond surprise | E |
| The fine head the bright tresses which defied | D |
| The sun to match them in his noonday pride | D |
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| MACGREGOR | G |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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