Sonnet 58 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFCC| In former times such as had store of coyne | A |
| In warres at home or when for conquests bound | B |
| For feare that some their treasures should purloyne | A |
| Gaue it to keepe to spirites within the ground | B |
| And to attend it them so strongly tide | C |
| Till they return'd home when they neuer came | D |
| Such as by art to get the same haue tride | C |
| From the strong spirits by no means get the same | D |
| Neerer you come that further flies away | E |
| Striuing to holde it strongly in the deepe | F |
| Euen as this spirit so she alone doth play | E |
| With those rich Beauties heauen giues her to keepe | F |
| Pitty so left to coldenes of her blood | C |
| Not to auaile her nor do others good | C |
Michael Drayton
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