To Laura In Death. Sonnet Xlvii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDDCCDDCAAEAAE F FGGFFGGFHAHAHA I| Tutta la mia fiorita e verde etade | A |
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| JUST WHEN HE MIGHT FAIRLY HOPE SOME RETURN OF AFFECTION ENVIOUS DEATH CARRIES HER OFF | B |
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| All my green years and golden prime of man | C |
| Had pass'd away and with attemper'd sighs | D |
| My bosom heaved ere yet the days arise | D |
| When life declines contracting its brief span | C |
| Already my loved enemy began | C |
| To lull suspicion and in sportive guise | D |
| With timid confidence though playful wise | D |
| In gentle mockery my long pains to scan | C |
| The hour was near when Love at length may mate | A |
| With Chastity and by the dear one's side | A |
| The lover's thoughts and words may freely flow | E |
| Death saw with envy my too happy state | A |
| E'en its fair promise and with fatal pride | A |
| Strode in the midway forth an arm d foe | E |
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| DACRE | F |
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| Now of my life each gay and greener year | F |
| Pass'd by and cooler grew each hour the flame | G |
| With which I burn'd and to that point we came | G |
| Whence life descends as to its end more near | F |
| Now 'gan my lovely foe each virtuous fear | F |
| Gently to lay aside as safe from blame | G |
| And though with saint like virtue still the same | G |
| Mock'd my sweet pains indeed but deign'd to hear | F |
| Nigh drew the time when Love delights to dwell | H |
| With Chastity and lovers with their mate | A |
| Can fearless sit and all they muse of tell | H |
| Death envied me the joys of such a state | A |
| Nay e'en the hopes I form'd and on them fell | H |
| E'en in midway like some arm'd foe in wait | A |
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| ANON OX | I |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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