Sonnet Lxxxi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A A AAAAAAAABCDEED A AAAAAAAAFGGFBB H| Cesare poi che 'l traditor d' Egitto | A |
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| THE COUNTENANCE DOES NOT ALWAYS TRULY INDICATE THE HEART | A |
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| When Egypt's traitor Pompey's honour'd head | A |
| To C sar sent then records so relate | A |
| To shroud a gladness manifestly great | A |
| Some feigned tears the specious monarch shed | A |
| And when misfortune her dark mantle spread | A |
| O'er Hannibal and his afflicted state | A |
| He laugh'd 'midst those who wept their adverse fate | A |
| That rank despite to wreak defeat had bred | A |
| Thus doth the mind oft variously conceal | B |
| Its several passions by a different veil | C |
| Now with a countenance that's sad now gay | D |
| So mirth and song if sometimes I employ | E |
| 'Tis but to hide those sorrows that annoy | E |
| 'Tis but to chase my amorous cares away | D |
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| NOTT | A |
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| C sar when Egypt's cringing traitor brought | A |
| The gory gift of Pompey's honour'd head | A |
| Check'd the full gladness of his instant thought | A |
| And specious tears of well feign'd pity shed | A |
| And Hannibal when adverse Fortune wrought | A |
| On his afflicted empire evils dread | A |
| 'Mid shamed and sorrowing friends by laughter sought | A |
| To ease the anger at his heart that fed | A |
| Thus as the mind its every feeling hides | F |
| Beneath an aspect contrary the mien | G |
| Bright'ning with hope or charged with gloom is seen | G |
| Thus ever if I sing or smile betides | F |
| The outward joy serves only to conceal | B |
| The inner ail and anguish that I feel | B |
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| MACGREGOR | H |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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