To Laura In Death. Sonnet Xxxix Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDDCCDDCECECCC F| Io pensava assai destro esser sull' ale | A |
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| UNWORTHY TO HAVE LOOKED UPON HER HE IS STILL MORE SO TO ATTEMPT HER PRAISES | B |
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| I thought me apt and firm of wing to rise | C |
| Not of myself but him who trains us all | D |
| In song to numbers fitting the fair thrall | D |
| Which Love once fasten'd and which Death unties | C |
| Slow now and frail the task too sorely tries | C |
| As a great weight upon a sucker small | D |
| Who leaps I said too high may midway fall | D |
| Man ill accomplishes what Heaven denies | C |
| So far the wing of genius ne'er could fly | E |
| Poor style like mine and faltering tongue much less | C |
| As Nature rose in that rare fabric high | E |
| Love follow'd Nature with such full success | C |
| In gracing her no claim could I advance | C |
| Even to look and yet was bless'd by chance | C |
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| MACGREGOR | F |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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