Sonnet 17 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDEEDFGGFHH| If hee from heauen that filch'd that liuing fire | A |
| Condemn'd by Ioue to endlesse torment be | B |
| I greatly meruaile how you still goe free | B |
| That farre beyond Promethius did aspire | C |
| The fire he stole although of heauenly kinde | D |
| Which from aboue he craftily did take | E |
| Of liueles clods vs liuing men to make | E |
| Againe bestow'd in temper of the mind | D |
| But you broke in to heauens immortall store | F |
| Where vertue honour wit and beautie lay | G |
| Which taking thence you haue escap'd away | G |
| Yet stand as free as ere you did before | F |
| But old Promethius punish'd for his rape | H |
| Thus poore theeues suffer when the greater scape | H |
Michael Drayton
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