Sonnet Xxxvii: O Why Doth Delia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEDFGFGHH| O why doth Delia credit so her glass | A |
| Gazing her beauty deign'd her by the skies | B |
| And doth not rather look on him alas | A |
| Whose state best shows the force of murd'ring eyes | B |
| The broken tops of lofty trees declare | C |
| The fury of a mercy wanting storm | D |
| And of what force your wounding graces are | E |
| Upon my self you best may find the form | D |
| Then leave your glass and gaze your self on me | F |
| That Mirror shows what power is in your face | G |
| To view your form too much may danger be | F |
| Narcissus chang'd t'a flower in such a case | G |
| And you are chang'd but not t'a Hyacint | H |
| I fear your eye hath turn'd your heart to flint | H |
Samuel Daniel
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