Item Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A ABBCBA C DDEEFD| ITEM | A |
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| Ictu non potuit primo Cato solvere vitam | A |
| Defecit tanto vulnere victa manus | B |
| Altius inseruit digitos qua spiritus ingens | B |
| Exiret magnum dextera fecit iter | C |
| Opposuit fortuna moram involvitque Catonis | B |
| Scires ut ferro plus valuisse manum | A |
| - | |
| ANOTHER | C |
| - | |
| One stabbe could not fierce Cato's life unty | D |
| Onely his hand of all that wound did dy | D |
| Deeper his fingers tear to make a way | E |
| Open through which his mighty soul might stray | E |
| Fortune made this delay to let us know | F |
| That Cato's hand more then his sword could do | D |
Richard Lovelace
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