Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Help with the rhyme scheme of this sonnet.....?

It's an Italian or Petrarchan-style sonnet, octet and sestina, with an abbaabba cdcdcd rhyme scheme. although some of the rhymes are approximate (e. g. "Grace" with "ways,' "day's," and "Praise"; "use" with "lose" and "choose"; "faith" with "breath" and "death"). BTW, shouldn't the last word of line 3 be "sight"?

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