Sonnet Xiv: If He From Heav'n Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDEEDFGGFHH| If he from Heav'n that filch'd that living fire | A |
| Condemn'd by Jove to endless torment be | B |
| I greatly marvel how you still go free | B |
| That far beyond Prometheus did aspire | C |
| The fire he stole although of heav'nly kind | D |
| Which from above he craftily did take | E |
| Of lifeless clods us living men to make | E |
| He did bestow in temper of the mind | D |
| But you broke into Heav'n's immortal store | F |
| Where Virtue Honor Wit and Beauty lay | G |
| Which taking thence you have escap'd away | G |
| Yet stand as free as e'er you did before | F |
| Yet old Prometheus punish'd for his rape | H |
| Thus poor thieves suffer when the greater 'scape | H |
Michael Drayton
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