Sonnet 47: What, Have I Thus Betray'd Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABA ACBA DEF EGG| What have I thus betray'd my liberty | A |
| Can those black beams such burning marks engrave In my free side or am I born a slave | B |
| Whose neck becomes such yoke of tyranny | A |
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| Or want I sense to feel my misery | A |
| Or sprite disdain of such disdain to have | C |
| Who for long faith though daily help I crave | B |
| May get no alms but scorn of beggery | A |
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| Virtue awake beauty but beauty is | D |
| I may I must I can I will I do | E |
| Leave following that which it is gain to miss | F |
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| Let her go Soft but here she comes Go to | E |
| Unkind I love you not Oh me that eye | G |
| Doth make my heart give to my tongue the lie | G |
Sir Philip Sidney
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