Sonnet Xiv Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDDCEFFEGHGIHI C CJJCCJJCCKLCKL C| Movesi 'l vecchierel canuto e bianco | A |
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| HE COMPARES HIMSELF TO A PILGRIM | B |
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| The palmer bent with locks of silver gray | C |
| Quits the sweet spot where he has pass'd his years | D |
| Quits his poor family whose anxious fears | D |
| Paint the loved father fainting on his way | C |
| And trembling on his aged limbs slow borne | E |
| In these last days that close his earthly course | F |
| He in his soul's strong purpose finds new force | F |
| Though weak with age though by long travel worn | E |
| Thus reaching Rome led on by pious love | G |
| He seeks the image of that Saviour Lord | H |
| Whom soon he hopes to meet in bliss above | G |
| So oft in other forms I seek to trace | I |
| Some charm that to my heart may yet afford | H |
| A faint resemblance of thy matchless grace | I |
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| DACRE | C |
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| As parts the aged pilgrim worn and gray | C |
| From the dear spot his life where he had spent | J |
| From his poor family by sorrow rent | J |
| Whose love still fears him fainting in decay | C |
| Thence dragging heavily in life's last day | C |
| His suffering frame on pious journey bent | J |
| Pricking with earnest prayers his good intent | J |
| Though bow'd with years and weary with the way | C |
| He reaches Rome still following his desire | C |
| The likeness of his Lord on earth to see | K |
| Whom yet he hopes in heaven above to meet | L |
| So I too seek nor in the fond quest tire | C |
| Lady in other fair if aught there be | K |
| That faintly may recall thy beauties sweet | L |
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| MACGREGOR | C |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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