Sonnet Cvi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDDCCDDCEFEFGG H| L' avara Babilonia ha colmo 'l sacco | A |
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| HE PREDICTS TO ROME THE ARRIVAL OF SOME GREAT PERSONAGE WHO WILL BRING HER BACK TO HER OLD VIRTUE | B |
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| Covetous Babylon of wrath divine | C |
| By its worst crimes has drain'd the full cup now | D |
| And for its future Gods to whom to bow | D |
| Not Pow'r nor Wisdom ta'en but Love and Wine | C |
| Though hoping reason I consume and pine | C |
| Yet shall her crown deck some new Soldan's brow | D |
| Who shall again build up and we avow | D |
| One faith in God in Rome one head and shrine | C |
| Her idols shall be shatter'd in the dust | E |
| Her proud towers enemies of Heaven be hurl'd | F |
| Her wardens into flames and exile thrust | E |
| Fair souls and friends of virtue shall the world | F |
| Possess in peace and we shall see it made | G |
| All gold and fully its old works display'd | G |
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| MACGREGOR | H |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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