Sonnet 16: But Wherefore Do Not You A Mightier Way Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCEFGFGHHBut wherefore do not you a mightier way | A |
Make war upon this bloody tyrant Time | B |
And fortify your self in your decay | A |
With means more bless egrave d than my barren rhyme | B |
Now stand you on the top of happy hours | C |
And many maiden gardens yet unset | D |
With virtuous wish would bear you living flowers | C |
Much liker than your painted counterfeit | E |
So should the lines of life that life repair | F |
Which this Time's pencil or my pupil pen | G |
Neither in inward worth nor outward fair | F |
Can make you live your self in eyes of men | G |
To give away your self keeps your self still | H |
And you must live drawn by your own sweet skill | H |
William Shakespeare
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