Sonnet 08 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCBBCCDEEEEEE| VIII | A |
| - | |
| Captain or Colonel or Knight in Arms | B |
| Whose chance on these defenceless dores may sease | C |
| If ever deed of honour did thee please | C |
| Guard them and him within protect from harms | B |
| He can requite thee for he knows the charms | B |
| That call Fame on such gentle acts as these | C |
| And he can spred thy Name o're Lands and Seas | C |
| What ever clime the Suns bright circle warms | D |
| Lift not thy spear against the Muses Bowre | E |
| The great Emathian Conqueror bid spare | E |
| The house of Pindarus when Temple and Towre | E |
| Went to the ground And the repeated air | E |
| Of sad Electra's Poet had the power | E |
| To save th' Athenian Walls from ruine bare | E |
John Milton
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