Sonnet 13 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A A BCCBBDCEFGHIFH| XIII | A |
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| To Mr H Lawes on his Aires | A |
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| Harry whose tuneful and well measur'd Song | B |
| First taught our English Musick how to span | C |
| Words with just note and accent not to scan | C |
| With Midas Ears committing short and long | B |
| Thy worth and skill exempts thee from the throng | B |
| With praise enough for Envy to look wan | D |
| To after age thou shalt be writ the man | C |
| That with smooth aire couldst humor best our tongue | E |
| Thou honour'st Verse and Verse must send her wing | F |
| To honour thee the Priest of Phoebus Quire | G |
| That tun'st their happiest lines in Hymn or Story | H |
| Dante shall give Fame leave to set thee higher | I |
| Then his Casella whom he woo'd to sing | F |
| Met in the milder shades of Purgatory | H |
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