Sonnet Xxvii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDDCCEDCFGGFHI J KLLKMNNOPQPQRR S| Apollo s' ancor vive il bel desio | A |
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| HE COMPARES HER TO A LAUREL WHICH HE SUPPLICATES APOLLO TO DEFEND | B |
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| O Phoebus if that fond desire remains | C |
| Which fired thy breast near the Thessalian wave | D |
| If those bright tresses which such pleasure gave | D |
| Through lapse of years thy memory not disdains | C |
| From sluggish frosts from rude inclement rains | C |
| Which last the while thy beams our region leave | E |
| That honour'd sacred tree from peril save | D |
| Whose name of dear accordance waked our pains | C |
| And by that amorous hope which soothed thy care | F |
| What time expectant thou wert doom'd to sigh | G |
| Dispel those vapours which disturb our sky | G |
| So shall we both behold our favorite fair | F |
| With wonder seated on the grassy mead | H |
| And forming with her arms herself a shade | I |
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| NOTT | J |
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| If live the fair desire Apollo yet | K |
| Which fired thy spirit once on Peneus' shore | L |
| And if the bright hair loved so well of yore | L |
| In lapse of years thou dost not now forget | K |
| From the long frost from seasons rude and keen | M |
| Which last while hides itself thy kindling brow | N |
| Defend this consecrate and honour'd bough | N |
| Which snared thee erst whose slave I since have been | O |
| And by the virtue of the love so dear | P |
| Which soothed sustain'd thee in that early strife | Q |
| Our air from raw and lowering vapours clear | P |
| So shall we see our lady to new life | Q |
| Restored her seat upon the greensward take | R |
| Where her own graceful arms a sweet shade o'er her make | R |
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| MACGREGOR | S |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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