Sonnet Ix: If This Be Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDEFGHGAA| If this be love to draw a weary breath | A |
| Paint on floods till the shore cry to th'air | B |
| With downward looks still reading on the earth | C |
| The sad memorials of my love's despair | B |
| If this be love to war against my soul | D |
| Lie down to wail rise up to sigh and grieve me | E |
| The never resting stone of care to roll | D |
| Still to complain my griefs and none relieve me | E |
| If this be love to clothe me with dark thoughts | F |
| Haunting untrodden paths to wail apart | G |
| My pleasures horror music tragic notes | H |
| Tears in my eyes and sorrow at my heart | G |
| If this be love to live a living death | A |
| O then love I and draw this weary breath | A |
Samuel Daniel
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