Helen Grey Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCBDEED BFFBGHHG BIIBBJJB| Macmillan's Magazine March | A |
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| Because one loves you Helen Grey | B |
| Is that a reason you should pout | C |
| And like a March wind veer about | C |
| And frown and say your shrewish say | B |
| Don't strain the cord until it snaps | D |
| Don't split the sound heart with your wedge | E |
| Don't cut your fingers with the edge | E |
| Of your keen wit you may perhaps | D |
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| Because you're handsome Helen Grey | B |
| Is that a reason to be proud | F |
| Your eyes are bold your laugh is loud | F |
| Your steps go mincing on their way | B |
| But so you miss that modest charm | G |
| Which is the surest charm of all | H |
| Take heed you yet may trip and fall | H |
| And no man care to stretch his arm | G |
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| Stoop from your cold height Helen Grey | B |
| Come down and take a lowlier place | I |
| Come down to fill it now with grace | I |
| Come down you must perforce some day | B |
| For years cannot be kept at bay | B |
| And fading years will make you old | J |
| Then in their turn will men seem cold | J |
| When you yourself are nipped and grey | B |
Christina Georgina Rossetti
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