Sonnet Xliii: Thou Canst Not Die Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDCECEFF| Thou canst not die whilst any zeal abound | A |
| In feeling hearts that can conceive these lines | B |
| Though thou a Laura hast no Petrarch found | A |
| In base attire yet clearly Beauty shines | B |
| And I though born in a colder clime | C |
| Do feel mine inward heat as great I know it | D |
| He never had more faith although more rhyme | C |
| I love as well though he could better show it | D |
| But I may add one feather to thy fame | C |
| To help her flight throughout the fairest isle | E |
| And if my pen could more enlarge thy name | C |
| Then shouldst thou live in an immortal style | E |
| But though that Laura better limned be | F |
| Suffice thou shalt be lov'd as well as she | F |
Samuel Daniel
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