Sonnet 16 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCBDCCCCCCCCC| XVI | A |
| - | |
| When I consider how my light is spent | B |
| E're half my days in this dark world and wide | C |
| And that one Talent which is death to hide | C |
| Lodg'd with me useless though my Soul more bent | B |
| To serve therewith my Maker and present | D |
| My true account least he returning chide | C |
| Doth God exact day labour light deny'd | C |
| I fondly ask But patience to prevent | C |
| That murmur soon replies God doth not need | C |
| Either man's work or his own gifts who best | C |
| Bear his milde yoak they serve him best his State | C |
| Is Kingly Thousands at his bidding speed | C |
| And post o're Land and Ocean without rest | C |
| They also serve who only stand and waite | C |
John Milton
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