To Laura In Death. Canzone I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A B CDEFGHIJKLM NOPQRSTJUVW XYNZA2CZB2C2D2E2 F2ZG2H2I2B2J2K2L2ZM2 A2HN2B2O2P2ZZQ2F2R2 S2P2T2ZU2ZZQ2P2ZV2 NZW2ZD2X2Y2A2Z2A3B3Z P2L2ZI Z

Che debb' io far che mi consigli AmoreA
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HE ASKS COUNSEL OF LOVE WHETHER HE SHOULD FOLLOW LAURA OR STILL ENDURE EXISTENCEB
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What should I do what Love dost thou adviseC
Full time it is to dieD
And longer than I wish have I delay'dE
My mistress is no more and with her gone my heartF
To follow her I must needG
Break short the course of my afflictive yearsH
To view her here belowI
I ne'er can hope and irksome 'tis to waitJ
Since that my every joyK
By her departure unto tears is turn'dL
Of all its sweets my life has been deprivedM
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Thou Love dost feel therefore to thee I plainN
How grievous is my lossO
I know my sorrows grieve and weigh thee downP
E'en as our common cause for on one rockQ
We both have wreck'd our barkR
And in one instant was its sun obscuredS
What genius can with wordsT
Rightly describe my lamentable stateJ
Ah blind ungrateful worldU
Thou hast indeed just cause with me to mournV
That beauty thou didst hold with her is fledW
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Fall'n is thy glory and thou seest it notX
Unworthy thou with herY
While here she dwelt acquaintance to maintainN
Or to be trodden by her saintly feetZ
For that which is so fairA2
Should with its presence decorate the skiesC
But I a wretch who reftZ
Of her prize nor myself nor mortal lifeB2
Recall her with my tearsC2
This only of my hope's vast sum remainsD2
And this alone doth still support me hereE2
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Ah me her charming face is earth becomeF2
Which wont unto our thoughtZ
To picture heaven and happiness aboveG2
Her viewless form inhabits paradiseH2
Divested of that veilI2
Which shadow'd while below her bloom of lifeB2
Once more to put it onJ2
And never then to cast it off againK2
When so much more divineL2
And glorious render'd 'twill by us be view'dZ
As mortal beauty to eternal yieldsM2
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More bright than ever and a lovelier fairA2
Before me she appearsH
Where most she's conscious that her sight will pleaseN2
This is one pillar that sustains my lifeB2
The other her dear nameO2
That to my heart sounds so delightfullyP2
But tracing in my mindZ
That she who form'd my choicest hope is deadZ
E'en in her blossom'd primeQ2
Thou knowest Love full well what I becomeF2
She I trust sees it too who dwells with truthR2
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Ye sweet associates who admired her charmsS2
Her life angelicalP2
And her demeanour heavenly upon earthT2
For me lament and be by pity wroughtZ
No wise for her who risenU2
To so much peace me has in warfare leftZ
Such that should any shutZ
The road to follow her for some length of timeQ2
What Love declares to meP2
Alone would check my cutting through the tieZ
But in this guise he reasons from withinV2
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The mighty grief transporting thee restrainN
For passions uncontroll'dZ
Forfeit that heaven to which thy soul aspiresW2
Where she is living whom some fancy deadZ
While at her fair remainsD2
She smiles herself sighing for thee aloneX2
And that her fame which livesY2
In many a clime hymn'd by thy tongue may ne'erA2
Become extinct she praysZ2
But that her name should harmonize thy voiceA3
If e'er her eyes were lovely held and dearB3
Fly the calm green retreatZ
And ne'er approach where song and laughter dwellP2
O strain but wail be thineL2
It suits thee ill with the glad throng to stayZ
Thou sorrowing widow wrapp'd in garb of woeI
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NOTTZ

Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)



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