Troy Town Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACABCDBDCDBCEBECEB CFBFCFBCGBHCGBCIBICI BCJBJCJBCKBKCKBCLBLC LBCMBMCMBCNBNCNBCFBF CFBCOBOCOBCPBPCPBC| HEAVENBORN Helen Sparta's queen | A |
| O Troy Town | B |
| Had two breasts of heavenly sheen | A |
| The sun and moon of the heart's desire | C |
| All Love's lordship lay between | A |
| O Troy's down | B |
| Tall Troy's on fire | C |
| Helen knelt at Venus' shrine | D |
| O Troy Town | B |
| Saying A little gift is mine | D |
| A little gift for a heart's desire | C |
| Hear me speak and make me a sign | D |
| O Troy's down | B |
| Tall Troy's on fire | C |
| Look I bring thee a carven cup | E |
| O Troy Town | B |
| See it here as I hold it up | E |
| Shaped it is to the heart's desire | C |
| Fit to fill when the gods would sup | E |
| O Troy's down | B |
| Tall Troy's on fire | C |
| It was moulded like my breast | F |
| O Troy Town | B |
| He that sees it may not rest | F |
| Rest at all for his heart's desire | C |
| O give ear to my heart's behest | F |
| O Troy's down | B |
| Tall Troy's on fire | C |
| See my breast how like it is | G |
| O Troy Town | B |
| See it bare for the air to kiss | H |
| Is the cup to thy heart's desire | C |
| O for the breast O make it his | G |
| O Troy's down | B |
| Tall Troy's on fire | C |
| Yea for my bosom here I sue | I |
| O Troy Town | B |
| Thou must give it where 'tis due | I |
| Give it there to the heart's desire | C |
| Whom do I give my bosom to | I |
| O Troy's down | B |
| Tall Troy's on fire | C |
| Each twin breast is an apple sweet | J |
| O Troy Town | B |
| Once an apple stirred the beat | J |
| Of thy heart with the heart's desire | C |
| Say who brought it then to thy feet | J |
| O Troy's down | B |
| Tall Troy's on fire | C |
| They that claimed it then were three | K |
| O Troy Town | B |
| For thy sake two hearts did he | K |
| Make forlorn of the heart's desire | C |
| Do for him as he did for thee | K |
| O Troy's down | B |
| Tall Troy's on fire | C |
| Mine are apples grown to the south | L |
| O Troy Town | B |
| Grown to taste in the days of drouth | L |
| Taste and waste to the heart's desire | C |
| Mine are apples meet for his mouth | L |
| O Troy's down | B |
| Tall Troy's on fire | C |
| Venus looked on Helen's gift | M |
| O Troy Town | B |
| Looked and smiled with subtle drift | M |
| Saw the work of her heart's desire | C |
| There thou kneel'st for Love to lift | M |
| O Troy's down | B |
| Tall Troy's on fire | C |
| Venus looked in Helen's face | N |
| O Troy Town | B |
| Knew far off an hour and place | N |
| And fire lit from the heart's desire | C |
| Laughed and said Thy gift hath grace | N |
| O Troy's down | B |
| Tall Troy's on fire | C |
| Cupid looked on Helen's breast | F |
| O Troy Town | B |
| Saw the heart within its nest | F |
| Saw the flame of the heart's desire | C |
| Marked his arrow's burning crest | F |
| O Troy's down | B |
| Tall Troy's on fire | C |
| Cupid took another dart | O |
| O Troy Town | B |
| Fledged it for another heart | O |
| Winged the shaft with the heart's desire | C |
| Drew the string and said Depart | O |
| O Troy's down | B |
| Tall Troy's on fire | C |
| Paris turned upon his bed | P |
| O Troy Town | B |
| Turned upon his bed and said | P |
| Dead at heart with the heart's desire | C |
| Oh to clasp her golden head | P |
| O Troy's down | B |
| Tall Troy's on fire | C |
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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