Sonnet 032: If Thou Survive My Well-contented Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGH| If thou survive my well contented day | A |
| When that churl Death my bones with dust shall cover | B |
| And shalt by fortune once more re survey | A |
| These poor rude lines of thy deceas egrave d lover | B |
| Compare them with the bett'ring of the time | C |
| And though they be outstripped by every pen | D |
| Reserve them for my love not for their rhyme | C |
| Exceeded by the height of happier men | D |
| O then vouchsafe me but this loving thought | E |
| Had my friend's Muse grown with this growing age | F |
| A dearer birth than this his love had brought | E |
| To march in ranks of better equipage | F |
| But since he died and poets better prove | G |
| Theirs for their style I'll read his for his love | H |
William Shakespeare
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