The Face That Launch'd A Thousand Ships Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEAFGHAIJAKALGMAL| Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships | A |
| And burnt the topless towers of Ilium | B |
| Sweet Helen make me immortal with a kiss | C |
| Her lips suck forth my soul see where it flies | D |
| Come Helen come give me my soul again | E |
| Here will I dwell for heaven is in these lips | A |
| And all is dross that is not Helena | F |
| I will be Paris and for love of thee | G |
| Instead of Troy shall Wittenberg be sack'd | H |
| And I will combat with weak Menelaus | A |
| And wear thy colours on my plumed crest | I |
| Yea I will wound Achilles in the heel | J |
| And then return to Helen for a kiss | A |
| O thou art fairer than the evening air | K |
| Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars | A |
| Brighter art thou than flaming Jupiter | L |
| When he appear'd to hapless Semele | G |
| More lovely than the monarch of the sky | M |
| In wanton Arethusa's azur'd arms | A |
| And none but thou shalt be my paramour | L |
Christopher Marlowe
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