Sonnet Lviii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B ACCAACCADAADAA D EAAEEAAEFFGAAG A| Quando giunse a Simon l' alto concetto | A |
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| HE DESIRES ONLY THAT MEMMI HAD BEEN ABLE TO IMPART SPEECH TO HIS PORTRAIT OF LAURA | B |
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| When at my word the high thought fired his mind | A |
| Within that master hand which placed the pen | C |
| Had but the painter in his fair work then | C |
| Language and intellect to beauty join'd | A |
| Less 'neath its care my spirit since had pined | A |
| Which worthless held what still pleased other men | C |
| And yet so mild she seems that my fond ken | C |
| Of peace sees promise in that aspect kind | A |
| When further communing I hold with her | D |
| Benignantly she smiles as if she heard | A |
| And well could answer to mine every word | A |
| But far o'er mine thy pride and pleasure were | D |
| Bright warm and young Pygmalion to have press'd | A |
| Thine image long and oft while mine not once has blest | A |
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| MACGREGOR | D |
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| When Simon at my wish the proud design | E |
| Conceived which in his hand the pencil placed | A |
| Had he while loveliness his picture graced | A |
| But added speech and mind to charms divine | E |
| What sighs he then had spared this breast of mine | E |
| That bliss had given to higher bliss distaste | A |
| For when such meekness in her look was traced | A |
| 'Twould seem she soon to kindness might incline | E |
| But urging converse with the portray'd fair | F |
| Methinks she deigns attention to my prayer | F |
| Though wanting to reply the power of voice | G |
| What praise thyself Pygmalion hast thou gain'd | A |
| Forming that image whence thou hast obtain'd | A |
| A thousand times what once obtain'd would me rejoice | G |
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| NOTT | A |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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