Sonnet 52: So Am I As The Rich Whose Blessèd Key Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEEEEEGG| So am I as the rich whose bless egrave d key | A |
| Can bring him to his sweet up lock egrave d treasure | B |
| The which he will not every hour survey | C |
| For blunting the fine point of seldom pleasure | B |
| Therefore are feasts so solemn and so rare | D |
| Since seldom coming in that long year set | E |
| Like stones of worth they thinly plac egrave d are | F |
| Or captain jewels in the carcanet | E |
| So is the time that keeps you as my chest | E |
| Or as the wardrobe which the robe doth hide | E |
| To make some special instant special blest | E |
| By new unfolding his imprisoned pride | E |
| Bless egrave d are you whose worthiness gives scope | G |
| Being had to triumph being lacked to hope | G |
William Shakespeare
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