To Laura In Death. Sonnet Xl Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDDCCDDCEFEGHH F| Quella per cui con Sorga ho cangiat' Arno | A |
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| HE ATTEMPTS TO PAINT HER BEAUTIES BUT NOT HER VIRTUES | B |
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| She for whose sake fair Arno I resign | C |
| And for free poverty court affluence spurn | D |
| Has known to sour the precious sweets to turn | D |
| On which I lived for which I burn and pine | C |
| Though since the vain attempt has oft been mine | C |
| That future ages from my song should learn | D |
| Her heavenly beauties and like me should burn | D |
| My poor verse fails her sweet face to define | C |
| The gifts though all her own which others share | E |
| Which were but stars her bright sky scatter'd o'er | F |
| Haply of these to sing e'en I might dare | E |
| But when to the diviner part I soar | G |
| To the dull world a brief and brilliant light | H |
| Courage and wit and art are baffled quite | H |
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| MACGREGOR | F |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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