Sonnet Xcvi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDDCCDECFGFGHH I| Quelle pietose rime in ch' io m' accorsi | A |
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| TO ANTONIO OF FERRARA WHO IN A POEM HAD LAMENTED PETRARCH'S SUPPOSED DEATH | B |
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| Those pious lines wherein are finely met | C |
| Proofs of high genius and a spirit kind | D |
| Had so much influence on my grateful mind | D |
| That instantly in hand my pen I set | C |
| To tell you that death's final blow which yet | C |
| Shall me and every mortal surely find | D |
| I have not felt though I too nearly join'd | E |
| The confines of his realm without regret | C |
| But I turn'd back again because I read | F |
| Writ o'er the threshold that the time to me | G |
| Of life predestinate not all was fled | F |
| Though its last day and hour I could not see | G |
| Then once more let your sad heart comfort know | H |
| And love the living worth which dead it honour'd so | H |
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| MACGREGOR | I |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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