Sonnet Cxcix Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDDCCDDCEFFEGG C| Lasso Amor mi trasporta ov' io non voglio | A |
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| HE EXCUSES HIMSELF FOR VISITING LAURA TOO OFTEN AND LOVING HER TOO MUCH | B |
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| Alas Love bears me where I would not go | C |
| And well I see how duty is transgress'd | D |
| And how to her who queen like rules my breast | D |
| More than my wont importunate I grow | C |
| Never from rocks wise sailor guarded so | C |
| His ship of richest merchandise possess'd | D |
| As evermore I shield my bark distress'd | D |
| From shocks of her hard pride that would o'erthrow | C |
| Torrents of tears fierce winds of infinite sighs | E |
| For in my sea nights horrible and dark | F |
| And pitiless winter reign have driven my bark | F |
| Sail less and helm less where it shatter'd lies | E |
| Or drifting at the mercy of the main | G |
| Trouble to others bears distress to me and pain | G |
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| MACGREGOR | C |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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