Sonnet Xli Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B ACCAACCADEDFEF G HIIHHHHHAJHAJH K| Perch' io t' abbia guardato di menzogna | A |
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| IN HER PRESENCE HE CAN NEITHER SPEAK WEEP NOR SIGH | B |
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| Although from falsehood I did thee restrain | A |
| With all my power and paid thee honour due | C |
| Ungrateful tongue yet never did accrue | C |
| Honour from thee but shame and fierce disdain | A |
| Most art thou cold when most I want the strain | A |
| Thy aid should lend while I for pity sue | C |
| And all thy utterance is imperfect too | C |
| When thou dost speak and as the dreamer's vain | A |
| Ye too sad tears throughout each lingering night | D |
| Upon me wait when I alone would stay | E |
| But needed by my peace you take your flight | D |
| And all so prompt anguish and grief t' impart | F |
| Ye sighs then slow and broken breathe your way | E |
| My looks alone truly reveal my heart | F |
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| NOTT | G |
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| With all my power lest falsehood should invade | H |
| I guarded thee and still thy honour sought | I |
| Ungrateful tongue who honour ne'er hast brought | I |
| But still my care with rage and shame repaid | H |
| For though to me most requisite thine aid | H |
| When mercy I would ask availeth nought | H |
| Still cold and mute and e'en to words if wrought | H |
| They seem as sounds in sleep by dreamers made | H |
| And ye sad tears o' nights when I would fain | A |
| Be left alone my sure companions flow | J |
| But summon'd for my peace ye soon depart | H |
| Ye too mine anguish'd sighs so prompt to pain | A |
| Then breathe before her brokenly and slow | J |
| And my face only speaks my suffering heart | H |
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| MACGREGOR | K |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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