To The Duchess Of Ferrara Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEFGEHI| Royal bride see the time advance | A |
| That calls true lovers to the dance | A |
| To charm the clear and frosty nights | B |
| Beneath the soft and pleasing lights | B |
| Now a young girl dares to hear | C |
| Love s secret pain in her chaste ear | C |
| And leaves her lover uncertain gently | D |
| At war with life and death sweetly | D |
| Great palaces painted ceilings high | E |
| Echo with song only I weeping make | F |
| This dark prison ring And is this then | G |
| Your loyalty This the great gift that I | E |
| So longed for Ah then you call a grave | H |
| And prison your pity and your recompense | I |
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