Sonnet Vii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDECFEDCGHGIHI G GJJGGJJGGGKHHK L| La gola e 'l sonno e l' oziose piume | A |
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| TO A FRIEND ENCOURAGING HIM TO PURSUE POETRY | B |
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| Torn is each virtue from its earthly throne | C |
| By sloth intemperance and voluptuous ease | D |
| E'en nature deviates from her wonted ways | E |
| Too much the slave of vicious custom grown | C |
| Far hence is every light celestial gone | F |
| That guides mankind through life's perplexing maze | E |
| And those whom Helicon's sweet waters please | D |
| From mocking crowds receive contempt alone | C |
| Who now would laurel myrtle wreaths obtain | G |
| Let want let shame Philosophy attend | H |
| Cries the base world intent on sordid gain | G |
| What though thy favourite path be trod by few | I |
| Let it but urge thee more dear gentle friend | H |
| Thy great design of glory to pursue | I |
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| ANON | G |
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| Intemperance slumber and the slothful down | G |
| Have chased each virtue from this world away | J |
| Hence is our nature nearly led astray | J |
| From its due course by habitude o'erthrown | G |
| Those kindly lights of heaven so dim are grown | G |
| Which shed o'er human life instruction's ray | J |
| That him with scornful wonder they survey | J |
| Who would draw forth the stream of Helicon | G |
| Whom doth the laurel please or myrtle now | G |
| Naked and poor Philosophy art thou | G |
| The worthless crowd intent on lucre cries | K |
| Few on thy chosen road will thee attend | H |
| Yet let it more incite thee gentle friend | H |
| To prosecute thy high conceived emprize | K |
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| NOTT | L |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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