Sonnet Cxxvi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A A BCCBBCCBDEFGEF H IBBIIBBIJDJGJD D| In qual parte del cielo in quale idea | A |
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| HE EXTOLS THE BEAUTY AND VIRTUE OF LAURA | A |
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| Say from what part of heaven 'twas Nature drew | B |
| From what idea that so perfect mould | C |
| To form such features bidding us behold | C |
| In charms below what she above could do | B |
| What fountain nymph what dryad maid e'er threw | B |
| Upon the wind such tresses of pure gold | C |
| What heart such numerous virtues can unfold | C |
| Although the chiefest all my fond hopes slew | B |
| He for celestial charms may look in vain | D |
| Who has not seen my fair one's radiant eyes | E |
| And felt their glances pleasingly beguile | F |
| How Love can heal his wounds then wound again | G |
| He only knows who knows how sweet her sighs | E |
| How sweet her converse and how sweet her smile | F |
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| NOTT | H |
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| In what celestial sphere what realm of thought | I |
| Dwelt the bright model from which Nature drew | B |
| That fair and beauteous face in which we view | B |
| Her utmost power on earth divinely wrought | I |
| What sylvan queen what nymph by fountain sought | I |
| Upon the breeze such golden tresses threw | B |
| When did such virtues one sole breast imbue | B |
| Though with my death her chief perfection's fraught | I |
| For heavenly beauty he in vain inquires | J |
| Who ne'er beheld her eyes' celestial stain | D |
| Where'er she turns around their brilliant fires | J |
| He knows not how Love wounds and heals again | G |
| Who knows not how she sweetly smiles respires | J |
| The sweetest sighs and speaks in sweetest strain | D |
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| ANON | D |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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