My Lady Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCCB BBBB CDDC EFFE AFCA CCCC GHHG HIIH IBBI ECCE JIIJ HKKH HIIH ILLI IIII AHAA BAIA GIJI CIDI ADAD IIMI CCCC GNBN JIHC IBBB DCJG DIGI GBIB IGHG IJDJ IIGI HCIC

Espa olA
Perdite se ora quieroB
de mi silencio perd nC
si lo que ha sido atenci nC
le hace parecer groseroB
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Y no me podr s culparB
si hasta aqu mi procederB
por ocuparse en quererB
se ha olvidado de explicarB
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Que en mi amorosa pasi nC
no fue desuido ni menguaD
quitar el uso a la lenguaD
por d rselo al coraz nC
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Ni de explicarme dejabaE
que como la pasi n m aF
ac en el alma te v aF
ac en el alma te hablabaE
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Y en esta idea notableA
dichosamenta viv aF
porque en mi mano teniaC
el fingirte favorableA
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Con traza tan peregrinaC
vivi mi esperanza vanaC
pues te pudo hacer humanaC
concibi ndote divinaC
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Oh cu n loca llegu a vermeG
en tus dichosos amoresH
que aun fingidos tus favroesH
pudieron enloquecermeG
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Oh c mo en tu sol hermosoH
mi ardiente afecto encendidoI
por cebarse en lo lucidoI
olvid lo peligrosoH
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Perdona si atrevimientoI
fue atreverme a tu ardor puroB
que no hay sagrado seguroB
de culpas de pensamientoI
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De esta manera enga abaE
la loca esperanza m aC
y dentro de m ten aC
todo el bien que deseabaE
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Mas ya tu precepto graveJ
rompe mi silencio mudoI
que l solamente ser pudoI
de mi respeto la llaveJ
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Y aunque el amar tu bellezaH
es delito sin disculpaK
cast gueseme la culpaK
primero que la tibiezaH
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No quieras pues rigurosaH
que estando ya declaradaI
sea de veras desdichadaI
quien fue de burlas dichosaH
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Si culpas mi desacatoI
culpa tambi n tu licenciaL
que si es mala mi obedienciaL
no fue justo tu mandatoI
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Y si es culpable mi intentoI
ser mi afecto precitoI
porque es amarte un delitoI
de que nunca me arrepientoI
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Esto en mis afectos halloA
y m s que explicar no sH
mas t de lo que callA
inferir s lo que calloA
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My lady I must imploreB
forgiveness for keeping stillA
if what I meant as tributeI
ran contrary to your willA
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Please do not reproach meG
if the course I have maintainedI
in the eagerness of my loveJ
left my silence unexplainedI
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I love you with so much passionC
neither rudeness nor neglectI
can explain why I tied my tongueD
yet left my heart uncheckedI
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The matter to me was simpleA
love for you was so strongD
I could see you in my soulA
and talk to you all day longD
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With this idea in mindI
I lived in utter delightI
pretending my subterfugeM
found favor in your sightI
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In this strange ingenious fashionC
I allowed the hope to be mineC
that I still might see as humanC
what I really conceived as divineC
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Oh how mad I becameG
in my blissful love of youN
for even though feigned your favorB
made all my madness seem trueN
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How unwisely my ardent loveJ
which your glorious sun inflamedI
sought to feed upon your brightnessH
though the risk of your fire was plainC
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Forgive me if thus emboldenedI
I made bold with that sacred fireB
there's no sanctuary secureB
when thought's transgressions conspireB
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Thus it was I kept indulgingD
these foolhardy hopes of mineC
enjoying within myselfJ
a happiness sublimeG
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But now at your solemn biddingD
this silence I herewith suspendI
for your summons unlocks in meG
a respect no time can endI
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And although loving your beautyG
is a crime beyond repairB
rather the crime be chastisedI
than my fervor cease to dareB
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With this confession in handI
I pray be less stern with meG
Do not condemn to distressH
one who fancied bliss so freeG
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If you blame me for disrespectI
remember you gave me leaveJ
thus if obedience was wrongD
your commanding must be my reprieveJ
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Let my love be ever doomedI
if guilty in its intentI
for loving you is a crimeG
of which I will never repentI
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This much I descry in my feelingsH
and more that I cannot explainC
but you from what I've not saidI
may infer what words won't containC

Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz



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