Sir Thomas Wortley's Sonnet Answered Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBBCBBDC EFEGHCGCG B GGGCGGCIC J JCJ| THE SONNET | A |
| - | |
| I | - |
| No more | B |
| Thou little winged archer now no more | B |
| As heretofore | B |
| Thou maist pretend within my breast to bide | C |
| No more | B |
| Since cruell Death of dearest LYNDAMORE | B |
| Hath me depriv'd | D |
| I bid adieu to love and all the world beside | C |
| - | |
| II | - |
| Go go | E |
| Lay by thy quiver and unbend thy bow | F |
| Poore sillie foe | E |
| Thou spend'st thy shafts but at my breast in vain | G |
| Since Death | H |
| My heart hath with a fatall icie deart | C |
| Already slain | G |
| Thou canst not ever hope to warme her wound | C |
| Or wound it o're againe | G |
| - | |
| - | |
| THE ANSWER | B |
| - | |
| I | - |
| Againe | G |
| Thou witty cruell wanton now againe | G |
| Through ev'ry veine | G |
| Hurle all your lightning and strike ev'ry dart | C |
| Againe | G |
| Before I feele this pleasing pleasing paine | G |
| I have no heart | C |
| Nor can I live but sweetly murder'd with | I |
| So deare so deare a smart | C |
| - | |
| II | - |
| Then flye | - |
| And kindle all your torches at her eye | - |
| To make me dye | - |
| Her martyr and put on my roabe of flame | J |
| So I | - |
| Advanced on my blazing wings on high | - |
| In death became | J |
| Inthroan'd a starre and ornament unto | C |
| Her glorious glorious name | J |
Richard Lovelace
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