Sonnet Xlvii: In Pride Of Wit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCEFGFHII| In pride of wit when high desire of fame | A |
| Gave life and courage to my laboring pen | B |
| And first the sound and virtue of my name | A |
| Won grace and credit in the ears of men | B |
| With those the thronged theatres that press | C |
| I in the circuit for the laurel strove | D |
| Where the full praise I freely must confess | C |
| In heat of blood a modest mind might move | E |
| With shouts and claps at every little pause | F |
| When the proud round on every side hath rung | G |
| Sadly I sit unmov'd with the applause | F |
| As though to me it nothing did belong | H |
| No public glory vainly I pursue | I |
| All that I seek is to eternize you | I |
Michael Drayton
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