Sonnet Xvii: Why Should I Sing In Verse Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCEAFAGAA| Why should I sing in verse why should I frame | A |
| These sad neglected notes for her dear sake | B |
| Why should I offer up onto her name | A |
| The sweetest sacrifice my youth can make | B |
| Why should I strive to make her live for ever | C |
| That never deigns to give me joy to live | D |
| Why should m'afflicted Muse so much endeavor | C |
| Such honor unto cruelty to give | E |
| If her defects have purchas'd her this fame | A |
| What should her virtues do her smiles her love | F |
| If this her worst how should her best enflame | A |
| What passions would her milder favors move | G |
| Favors I think would sense quite overcome | A |
| And that makes happy Lovers ever dumb | A |
Samuel Daniel
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