Opposition Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EEEE FBFB AGAG AEAE H| Of fret of dark of thorn of chill | A |
| Complain no more for these O heart | B |
| Direct the random of the will | A |
| As rhymes direct the rage of art | B |
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| The lute's fixt fret that runs athwart | C |
| The strain and purpose of the string | D |
| For governance and nice consort | C |
| Doth bar his wilful wavering | D |
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| The dark hath many dear avails | E |
| The dark distils divinest dews | E |
| The dark is rich with nightingales | E |
| With dreams and with the heavenly Muse | E |
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| Bleeding with thorns of petty strife | F |
| I'll ease as lovers do my smart | B |
| With sonnets to my lady Life | F |
| Writ red in issues from the heart | B |
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| What grace may lie within the chill | A |
| Of favor frozen fast in scorn | G |
| When Good's a freeze we call it Ill | A |
| This rosy Time is glacier born | G |
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| Of fret of dark of thorn of chill | A |
| Complain thou not O heart for these | E |
| Bank in the current of the will | A |
| To uses arts and charities | E |
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| Baltimore | H |
Sidney Lanier
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