The Sonnets Cxxvii - In The Old Age Black Was Not Counted Fair Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG| In the old age black was not counted fair | A |
| Or if it were it bore not beauty's name | B |
| But now is black beauty's successive heir | A |
| And beauty slander'd with a bastard shame | B |
| For since each hand hath put on Nature's power | C |
| Fairing the foul with Art's false borrowed face | D |
| Sweet beauty hath no name no holy bower | C |
| But is profan'd if not lives in disgrace | D |
| Therefore my mistress' eyes are raven black | E |
| Her eyes so suited and they mourners seem | F |
| At such who not born fair no beauty lack | E |
| Sland'ring creation with a false esteem | F |
| Yet so they mourn becoming of their woe | G |
| That every tongue says beauty should look so | G |
William Shakespeare
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