The Sonnets Cxlix - Canst Thou, O Cruel! Say I Love Thee Not Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCEFGFGHH| Canst thou O cruel say I love thee not | A |
| When I against myself with thee partake | B |
| Do I not think on thee when I forgot | A |
| Am of my self all tyrant for thy sake | B |
| Who hateth thee that I do call my friend | C |
| On whom frown'st thou that I do fawn upon | D |
| Nay if thou lour'st on me do I not spend | C |
| Revenge upon myself with present moan | E |
| What merit do I in my self respect | F |
| That is so proud thy service to despise | G |
| When all my best doth worship thy defect | F |
| Commanded by the motion of thine eyes | G |
| But love hate on for now I know thy mind | H |
| Those that can see thou lov'st and I am blind | H |
William Shakespeare
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