Sonnets Xvi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDBEBEBB| WHEN in the chronicle of wasted time | A |
| I see descriptions of the fairest wights | B |
| And beauty making beautiful old rime | A |
| In praise of Ladies dead and lovely Knights | B |
| Then in the blazon of sweet beauty's best | C |
| Of hand of foot of lip of eye of brow | D |
| I see their antique pen would have exprest | C |
| Even such a beauty as you master now | D |
| So all their praises are but prophecies | B |
| Of this our time all you prefiguring | E |
| And for they look'd but with divining eyes | B |
| They had not skill enough your worth to sing | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp For we which now behold these present days | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Have eyes to wonder but lack tongues to praise | B |
William Shakespeare
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