Sonnet Viii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDECCDDCFGFGHH I JKKJJDDJLLMEKM N| A pi de' colli ove la bella vesta | A |
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| HE FEIGNS AN ADDRESS FROM SOME BIRDS WHICH HE HAD PRESENTED | B |
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| Beneath the verdant hills where the fair vest | C |
| Of earthly mould first took the Lady dear | D |
| Who him that sends us feather'd captives here | E |
| Awakens often from his tearful rest | C |
| Lived we in freedom and in quiet blest | C |
| With everything which life below might cheer | D |
| No foe suspecting harass'd by no fear | D |
| That aught our wanderings ever could molest | C |
| But snatch'd from that serener life and thrown | F |
| To the low wretched state we here endure | G |
| One comfort short of death survives alone | F |
| Vengeance upon our captor full and sure | G |
| Who slave himself at others' power remains | H |
| Pent in worse prison bound by sterner chains | H |
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| MACGREGOR | I |
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| Beneath those very hills where beauty threw | J |
| Her mantle first o'er that earth moulded fair | K |
| Who oft from sleep while shedding many a tear | K |
| Awakens him that sends us unto you | J |
| Our lives in peacefulness and freedom flew | J |
| E'en as all creatures wish who hold life dear | D |
| Nor deem'd we aught could in its course come near | D |
| Whence to our wanderings danger might accrue | J |
| But from the wretched state to which we're brought | L |
| Leaving another with sereneness fraught | L |
| Nay e'en from death one comfort we obtain | M |
| That vengeance follows him who sent us here | E |
| Another's utmost thraldom doomed to bear | K |
| Bound he now lies with a still stronger chain | M |
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| NOTT | N |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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