Sonnet 023: As An Unperfect Actor On The Stage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFGFHH| As an unperfect actor on the stage | A |
| Who with his fear is put beside his part | B |
| Or some fierce thing replete with too much rage | A |
| Whose strength's abundance weakens his own heart | B |
| So I for fear of trust forget to say | C |
| The perfect ceremony of love's rite | D |
| And in mine own love's strength seem to decay | C |
| O'ercharged with burden of mine own love's might | D |
| O let my books be then the eloquence | E |
| And dumb presagers of my speaking breast | F |
| Who plead for love and look for recompense | G |
| More than that tongue that more hath more expressed | F |
| O learn to read what silent love hath writ | H |
| To hear with eyes belongs to love's fine wit | H |
William Shakespeare
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