Sonnet Cxxi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDDCCDDCEFEFEF F GDDGGDDGHIIHFF J| Le stelle e 'l cielo e gli elementi a prova | A |
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| LAURA'S UNPARALLELED BEAUTY AND VIRTUE | B |
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| The stars the elements and Heaven have made | C |
| With blended powers a work beyond compare | D |
| All their consenting influence all their care | D |
| To frame one perfect creature lent their aid | C |
| Whence Nature views her loveliness display'd | C |
| With sun like radiance sublimely fair | D |
| Nor mortal eye can the pure splendour bear | D |
| Love sweetness in unmeasured grace array'd | C |
| The very air illumed by her sweet beams | E |
| Breathes purest excellence and such delight | F |
| That all expression far beneath it gleams | E |
| No base desire lives in that heavenly light | F |
| Honour alone and virtue fancy's dreams | E |
| Never saw passion rise refined by rays so bright | F |
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| CAPEL LOFFT | F |
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| The stars the heaven the elements I ween | G |
| Put forth their every art and utmost care | D |
| In that bright light as fairest Nature fair | D |
| Whose like on earth the sun has nowhere seen | G |
| So noble elegant unique her mien | G |
| Scarce mortal glance to rest on it may dare | D |
| Love so much softness and such graces rare | D |
| Showers from those dazzling and resistless een | G |
| The atmosphere pervaded and made pure | H |
| By their sweet rays kindles with goodness so | I |
| Thought cannot equal it nor language show | I |
| Here no ill wish no base desires endure | H |
| But honour virtue Here if ever yet | F |
| Has lust his death from supreme beauty met | F |
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| MACGREGOR | J |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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