Sonnet Clxxiii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDECFEECGHGIIH J CDKCCKKCGLLGMM E| Rapido fiume che d' alpestra vena | A |
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| JOURNEYING ALONG THE RHONE TO AVIGNON PETRARCH BIDS THE RIVER KISS LAURA'S HAND AS IT WILL ARRIVE AT HER DWELLING BEFORE HIM | B |
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| Impetuous flood that from the Alps' rude head | C |
| Eating around thee dost thy name obtain V | D |
| Anxious like me both night and day to gain | E |
| Where thee pure nature and me love doth lead | C |
| Pour on thy course nor sleep nor toils impede | F |
| Yet ere thou pay'st thy tribute to the main | E |
| Oh tarry where most verdant looks the plain | E |
| Where most serenity the skies doth spread | C |
| There beams my radiant sun of cheering ray | G |
| Which deck thy left banks and gems o'er with flowers | H |
| E'en now vain thought perhaps she chides my stay | G |
| Kiss then her feet her hand so beauteous fair | I |
| In place of language let thy kiss declare | I |
| Strong is my will though feeble are my powers | H |
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| NOTT | J |
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| O rapid flood which from thy mountain bed | C |
| Gnawest thy shores whence in my tongue thy name V | D |
| Thou art my partner night and day the same | K |
| Where I by love thou art by nature led | C |
| Precede me now no weariness doth shed | C |
| Its spell o'er thee no sleep thy course can tame | K |
| Yet ere the ocean waves thy tribute claim | K |
| Pause where the herb and air seem brighter fed | C |
| There beams our sun of life whose genial ray | G |
| With brighter verdure thy left shore adorns | L |
| Perchance vain hope e'en now my stay she mourns | L |
| Kiss then her foot her lovely hand and may | G |
| Thy kiss to her in place of language speak | M |
| The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak | M |
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| WOLLASTON | E |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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