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