To Laura In Death. Sonnet V Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDDCCEEFGHGIGH J| Che fai che pensi che pur dietro guardi | A |
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| HE ENCOURAGES HIS SOUL TO LIFT ITSELF TO GOD AND TO ABANDON THE VANITIES OF EARTH | B |
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| What dost thou think'st thou wherefore bend thine eye | C |
| Back on the time that never shall return | D |
| The raging fire where once 'twas thine to burn | D |
| Why with fresh fuel wretched soul supply | C |
| Those thrilling tones those glances of the sky | C |
| Which one by one thy fond verse strove to adorn | E |
| Are fled and well thou knowest poor forlorn | E |
| To seek them here were bootless industry | F |
| Then toil not bliss so fleeting to renew | G |
| To chase a thought so fair so faithless cease | H |
| Thou rather that unwavering good pursue | G |
| Which guides to heaven since nought below can please | I |
| Fatal for us that beauty's torturing view | G |
| Living or dead alike which desolates our peace | H |
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| WRANGHAM | J |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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