272. This stanza answers to that marked 6 below, ll. 333-341. It is the
most complex of all, as the lines contain internal rimes. The lines are of
the normal length, and arranged with the end-rimes _a a b a a b b a b_, as
in the stanzas marked 1 to 4 above. Every line has an internal rime, viz.
at the second and fourth accents. In ll. 274, 280, this internal rime is a
feminine one, which leaves but _one_ syllable (viz. _nay_, _may_) to
complete these lines.
The expression 'swete fo' occurs again in the Compleint to his Lady, l. 41
(cf. ll. 64, 65); also in Troil. v. 228.
279. 'And then shall this, which is now wrong, (turn) into a jest; and all
(shall be) forgiven, whilst I may live.'
281. The stanza here marked 1 answers to the stanza so marked above; and so
of the rest. The metre has already been explained.