To Laura In Life. Sonnet I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A A BCCDDCCEFGHFIH I IIIIIIIIIIIJIH I AIIAAIIAJAIJAI E| Voi ch' ascoltate in rime sparse il suono | A |
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| HE CONFESSES THE VANITY OF HIS PASSION | A |
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| Ye who in rhymes dispersed the echoes hear | B |
| Of those sad sighs with which my heart I fed | C |
| When early youth my mazy wanderings led | C |
| Fondly diverse from what I now appear | D |
| Fluttering 'twixt frantic hope and frantic fear | D |
| From those by whom my various style is read | C |
| I hope if e'er their hearts for love have bled | C |
| Not only pardon but perhaps a tear | E |
| But now I clearly see that of mankind | F |
| Long time I was the tale whence bitter thought | G |
| And self reproach with frequent blushes teem | H |
| While of my frenzy shame the fruit I find | F |
| And sad repentance and the proof dear bought | I |
| That the world's joy is but a flitting dream | H |
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| CHARLEMONT | I |
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| O ye who list in scatter'd verse the sound | I |
| Of all those sighs with which my heart I fed | I |
| When I by youthful error first misled | I |
| Unlike my present self in heart was found | I |
| Who list the plaints the reasonings that abound | I |
| Throughout my song by hopes and vain griefs bred | I |
| If e'er true love its influence o'er ye shed | I |
| Oh let your pity be with pardon crown'd | I |
| But now full well I see how to the crowd | I |
| For length of time I proved a public jest | I |
| E'en by myself my folly is allow'd | I |
| And of my vanity the fruit is shame | J |
| Repentance and a knowledge strong imprest | I |
| That worldly pleasure is a passing dream | H |
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| NOTT | I |
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| Ye who may listen to each idle strain | A |
| Bearing those sighs on which my heart was fed | I |
| In life's first morn by youthful error led | I |
| Far other then from what I now remain | A |
| That thus in varying numbers I complain | A |
| Numbers of sorrow vain and vain hope bred | I |
| If any in love's lore be practis d | I |
| His pardon e'en his pity I may obtain | A |
| But now aware that to mankind my name | J |
| Too long has been a bye word and a scorn | A |
| I blush before my own severer thought | I |
| Of my past wanderings the sole fruit is shame | J |
| And deep repentance of the knowledge born | A |
| That all we value in this world is naught | I |
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| DACRE | E |
Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)
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