Sonnet Cxcvi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDDAEFGHIJKLAM I| Vincitore Alessandro l' ira vinse | A |
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| THE EVIL RESULTS OF UNRESTRAINED ANGER | B |
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| What though the ablest artists of old time | C |
| Left us the sculptured bust the imaged form | D |
| Of conq'ring Alexander wrath o'ercame | D |
| And made him for the while than Philip less | A |
| Wrath to such fury valiant Tydeus drove | E |
| That dying he devour'd his slaughter'd foe | F |
| Wrath made not Sylla merely blear of eye | G |
| But blind to all and kill'd him in the end | H |
| Well Valentinian knew that to such pain | I |
| Wrath leads and Ajax he whose death it wrought | J |
| Strong against many 'gainst himself at last | K |
| Wrath is brief madness and when unrestrain'd | L |
| Long madness which its master often leads | A |
| To shame and crime and haply e'en to death | M |
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| ANON | I |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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