Sonnet Cxlvii. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A A BCCBBCCBDEFDEF G CBBCHBBCIEJEJE K| Po ben puo' tu portartene la scorza | A |
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| TO THE RIVER PO ON QUITTING LAURA | A |
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| Thou Po to distant realms this frame mayst bear | B |
| On thy all powerful thy impetuous tide | C |
| But the free spirit that within doth bide | C |
| Nor for thy might nor any might doth care | B |
| Not varying here its course nor shifting there | B |
| Upon the favouring gale it joys to glide | C |
| Plying its wings toward the laurel's pride | C |
| In spite of sails or oars of sea or air | B |
| Monarch of floods magnificent and strong | D |
| That meet'st the sun as he leads on the day | E |
| But in the west dost quit a fairer light | F |
| Thy curv d course this body wafts along | D |
| My spirit on Love's pinions speeds its way | E |
| And to its darling home directs its flight | F |
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| NOTT | G |
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| Po thou upon thy strong and rapid tide | C |
| This frame corporeal mayst onward bear | B |
| But a free spirit is conceal d there | B |
| Which nor thy power nor any power can guide | C |
| That spirit light on breeze auspicious buoy'd | H |
| With course unvarying backward cleaves the air | B |
| Nor wave nor wind nor sail nor oar its care | B |
| And plies its wings and seeks the laurel's pride | C |
| 'Tis thine proud king of rivers eastward borne | I |
| To meet the sun as he leads on the day | E |
| And from a brighter west 'tis thine to turn | J |
| Thy horn d flood these passive limbs obey | E |
| But uncontroll d to its sweet sojourn | J |
| On Love's untiring plumes my spirit speeds its way | E |
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| WRANGHAM | K |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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