Sonnet Xxxi: Oft Do I Muse Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEDFGFGHH| Oft do I muse whether my Delia's eyes | A |
| Are eyes or else two fair bright stars that shine | B |
| For how could nature ever thus devise | A |
| Of earth on earth a substance so divine | B |
| Stars sure they are whose motions rule desires | C |
| And calm and tempest follow their aspects | D |
| Their sweet appearing still such power inspires | E |
| That makes the world admire so strange effects | D |
| Yet whether fixt or wand'ring stars are they | F |
| Whose influence rule the Orb of my poor heart | G |
| Fixt sure they are but wan'ring make me stray | F |
| In endless errors whence I cannot part | G |
| Stars then not eyes move yet with milder view | H |
| Your sweet aspect on him that honors you | H |
Samuel Daniel
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