Every Planet Above, And Every Star Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDEFD GHGHGIEvery planet above and every star | A |
Gave my lord their powers at his birth | B |
Each one gave him of their special worth | B |
To make a single perfect mortal here | C |
Saturn gave him depths of understanding | D |
Jupiter for fine actions gave desire | E |
Mars a greater skill than most in warfare | F |
Phoebus elegance and wit in speaking | D |
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Venus beauty too and gentleness | G |
Mercury eloquence but then the moon | H |
Made him too cold for me in iciness | G |
Each of these graces each rare boon | H |
Make me burn for his fierce brightness | G |
And yet he freezes through that one alone | I |
Gaspara Stampa
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