Sonnet 129: Th' Expense Of Spirit In A Waste Of Shame Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG| Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame | A |
| Is lust in action and till action lust | B |
| Is perjured murderous bloody full of blame | A |
| Savage extreme rude cruel not to trust | B |
| Enjoyed no sooner but despis egrave d straight | C |
| Past reason hunted and no sooner had | D |
| Past reason hated as a swallowed bait | C |
| On purpose laid to make the taker mad | D |
| Mad in pursuit and in possession so | E |
| Had having and in quest to have extreme | F |
| A bliss in proof and proved a very woe | E |
| Before a joy proposed behind a dream | F |
| All this the world well knows yet none knows well | G |
| To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell | G |
William Shakespeare
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