Polyhymnia: Sonnet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGFFF| His golden locks time hath to silver turn'd | A |
| O time too swift O swiftness never ceasing | B |
| His youth 'gainst time and age hath ever spurn'd | A |
| But spurn'd in vain youth waneth by increasing | B |
| Beauty strength youth are flowers but fading seen | C |
| Duty faith love are roots and ever green | C |
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| His helmet now shall make a hive for bees | D |
| And lovers' sonnets turn'd to holy psalms | E |
| A man at arms must now serve on his knees | D |
| And feed on prayers which are age his alms | E |
| But though from court to cottage he depart | F |
| His saint is sure of his unspotted heart | F |
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| And when he saddest sits in homely cell | G |
| He'll teach his swains this carol for a song | H |
| quot Blest be the hearts that wish my sovereign well | G |
| Curst be the souls that think her any wrong quot | F |
| Goddess allow this aged man his right | F |
| To be your beadsman now that was your knight | F |
George Peele
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