Sonnet 68: Stella, The Only Planet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCA ACBA DED EFF| Stella the only planet of my light | A |
| Light of my life and life of my desire | B |
| Chief good whereto my hope doth only aspire | C |
| World of my wealth and heav'n of my delight | A |
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| Why dost thou spend the treasure of thy sprite | A |
| With voice more fit to wed Amphion's lyre | C |
| Seeking to quench in me the noble fire | B |
| Fed by thy worth and kindled by thy sight | A |
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| And all in vain for while thy breath most sweet | D |
| With choicest words thy words with reasons rare | E |
| Thy reasons firmly set on Virtue's feet | D |
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| Labor to kill in me this killing care | E |
| Oh think I then what paradise of joy | F |
| It is so fair a Virtue to enjoy | F |
Sir Philip Sidney
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