Sonnet Xvii: His Mother Dear Cupid Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCA ADBA EFG HII| His mother dear Cupid offended late | A |
| Because that Mars grown slacker in her love | B |
| With pricking shot he did not throughly more | C |
| To keep the pace of their first loving state | A |
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| The boy refus'd for fear of Mars's hate | A |
| Who threaten'd stripes if he his wrath did prove | D |
| But she in chafe him from her lap did shove | B |
| Brake bow brake shafts while Cupid weeping sate | A |
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| Till that his grandame Nature pityijng it | E |
| Of stella's brows make him two better bows | F |
| And in her eyes of arrows infinite | G |
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| Oh how for joy he leaps oh how he crows | H |
| And straight therewith like wags new got to play | I |
| Falls to shrewd turns and I was in his way | I |
Sir Philip Sidney
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