Sonnet Vii: O Had She Not Been Fair Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG| O had she not been fair and thus unkind | A |
| Then had no finger pointed at my lightness | B |
| The world had never known what I do find | A |
| And clouds obscure had shaded still her brightness | B |
| Then had no censor's eye these lines survey'd | C |
| Nor graver brows have judg'd my Muse so vain | D |
| No sun my blush and error had bewray'd | C |
| Nor yet the world had heard of such disdain | D |
| Then had I walk'd with bold erected face | E |
| No downcast look had signified my miss | F |
| But my degraded hopes with such disgrace | E |
| Did force me groan out griefs and utter this | F |
| For being full should not I then have spoken | G |
| My sense oppress'd had fail'd and heart had broken | G |
Samuel Daniel
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