Sonnet Xviii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDDECDDCFGHHIJ K LDDLLDDLMNMNNN O| Vergognando talor ch' ancor si taccia | A |
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| THE PRAISES OF LAURA TRANSCEND HIS POETIC POWERS | B |
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| Ashamed sometimes thy beauties should remain | C |
| As yet unsung sweet lady in my rhyme | D |
| When first I saw thee I recall the time | D |
| Pleasing as none shall ever please again | E |
| But no fit polish can my verse attain | C |
| Not mine is strength to try the task sublime | D |
| My genius measuring its power to climb | D |
| From such attempt doth prudently refrain | C |
| Full oft I oped my lips to chant thy name | F |
| Then in mid utterance the lay was lost | G |
| But say what muse can dare so bold a flight | H |
| Full oft I strove in measure to indite | H |
| But ah the pen the hand the vein I boast | I |
| At once were vanquish'd by the mighty theme | J |
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| NOTT | K |
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| Ashamed at times that I am silent yet | L |
| Lady though your rare beauties prompt my rhyme | D |
| When first I saw thee I recall the time | D |
| Such as again no other can be met | L |
| But with such burthen on my shoulders set | L |
| My mind its frailty feeling cannot climb | D |
| And shrinks alike from polish'd and sublime | D |
| While my vain utterance frozen terrors let | L |
| Often already have I sought to sing | M |
| But midway in my breast the voice was stay'd | N |
| For ah so high what praise may ever spring | M |
| And oft have I the tender verse essay'd | N |
| But still in vain pen hand and intellect | N |
| In the first effort conquer'd are and check'd | N |
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| MACGREGOR | O |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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