Sonnet 2: When Forty Winters Shall Besiege Thy Brow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDEFGFGHH| When forty winters shall besiege thy brow | A |
| And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field | B |
| Thy youth's proud livery so gazed on now | A |
| Will be a tattered weed of small worth held | C |
| Then being asked where all thy beauty lies | D |
| Where all the treasure of thy lusty days | E |
| To say within thine own deep sunken eyes | D |
| Were an all eating shame and thriftless praise | E |
| How much more praise deserved thy beauty's use | F |
| If thou couldst answer This fair child of mine | G |
| Shall sum my count and make my old excuse | F |
| Proving his beauty by succession thine | G |
| This were to be new made when thou art old | H |
| And see thy blood warm when thou feel'st it cold | H |
William Shakespeare
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