Sonnet 37: My Mouth Doth Water Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA ABBA CDC DEF| My mouth doth water and my breast doth swell | A |
| My tongue doth itch my thoughts in labor be | B |
| Listen then lordings with good ear to me | B |
| For of my life I must a riddle tell | A |
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| Toward Aurora's court a nymph doth dwell | A |
| Rich in all beauties which man's eye can see | B |
| Beauties so far from reach of words that we | B |
| Abase her praise saying she doth excel | A |
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| Rich in the treasure of deserv'd renown | C |
| Rich in the riches of a royal heart | D |
| Rich in those gifts which give th'eternal crown | C |
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| Who though most rich in these and every part | D |
| Which make the patents of true worldly bliss | E |
| Hath no misfortune but that Rich she is | F |
Sir Philip Sidney
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