Sonnet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCBBCC ADECCCCFFI | A |
When I by thy faire shape did sweare | B |
And mingled with each vowe a teare | B |
I lov'd I lov'd thee best | C |
I swore as I profest | C |
For all the while you lasted warme and pure | B |
My oathes too did endure | B |
But once turn'd faithlesse to thy selfe and old | C |
They then with thee incessantly grew cold | C |
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II | A |
I swore my selfe thy sacrifice | D |
By th' ebon bowes that guard thine eyes | E |
Which now are alter'd white | C |
And by the glorious light | C |
Of both those stars which of their spheres bereft | C |
Only the gellie's left | C |
Then changed thus no more I'm bound to you | F |
Then swearing to a saint that proves untrue | F |
Richard Lovelace
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