Sonnet Xvi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCEFGFGHH| But wherefore do not you a mightier way | A |
| Make war upon this bloody tyrant Time | B |
| And fortify yourself in your decay | A |
| With means more blessed 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 your 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 yourself in eyes of men | G |
| To give away yourself keeps yourself still | H |
| And you must live drawn by your own sweet skill | H |
William Shakespeare
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