Sonnet Cxviii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDDCCDECFGHFIH J KLLKKJLKMNMNOO P| Nom d' atra e tempestosa onda marina | A |
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| HE IS LED BY LOVE TO REASON | B |
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| No wearied mariner to port e'er fled | C |
| From the dark billow when some tempest's nigh | D |
| As from tumultuous gloomy thoughts I fly | D |
| Thoughts by the force of goading passion bred | C |
| Nor wrathful glance of heaven so surely sped | C |
| Destruction to man's sight as does that eye | D |
| Within whose bright black orb Love's Deity | E |
| Sharpens each dart and tips with gold its head | C |
| Enthroned in radiance there he sits not blind | F |
| Quiver'd and naked or by shame just veil'd | G |
| A live not fabled boy with changeful wing | H |
| Thence unto me he lends instruction kind | F |
| And arts of verse from meaner bards conceal'd | I |
| Thus am I taught whate'er of love I write or sing | H |
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| NOTT | J |
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| Ne'er from the black and tempest troubled brine | K |
| The weary mariner fair haven sought | L |
| As shelter I from the dark restless thought | L |
| Whereto hot wishes spur me and incline | K |
| Nor mortal vision ever light divine | K |
| Dazzled as mine in their rare splendour caught | J |
| Those matchless orbs with pride and passion fraught | L |
| Where Love aye haunts his darts to gild and fine | K |
| Him blind no more but quiver'd there I view | M |
| Naked except so far as shame conceals | N |
| A winged boy no fable quick and true | M |
| What few perceive he thence to me reveals | N |
| So read I clearly in her eyes' dear light | O |
| Whate'er of love I speak whate'er I write | O |
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| MACGREGOR | P |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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