Sonet 55 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDBDBBEBEBB| Truce gentle loue a parly now I craue | A |
| Me thinks 'tis long since first these wars begun | B |
| Nor thou nor I the better yet can haue | C |
| Bad is the match where neither party wone | B |
| I offer free conditions of faire peace | D |
| My hart for hostage that it shall remaine | B |
| Discharge our forces heere let malice cease | D |
| So for my pledge thou giue me pledge againe | B |
| Or if nothing but death will serue thy turne | B |
| Still thirsting for subuersion of my state | E |
| Doe what thou canst raze massacre and burne | B |
| Let the world see the vtmost of thy hate | E |
| I send defiance since if ouerthrowne | B |
| Thou vanquishing the conquest is mine owne | B |
Michael Drayton
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