To Helen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCB DEED BFGHHIJ| After Valery | A |
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| O Sea 'Tis I risen from death once more | B |
| To hear the waves' harmonious roar | B |
| And see the galleys sharp in dawn's great awe | C |
| Raised from the dark by the rising and gold oar | B |
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| My fickle hands sufficed to summon kings | D |
| Their salt beards amused my fingers deft and pure | E |
| I wept They sang of triumphs now obscure | E |
| And the first abyss flooded the hull as if with falling wings | D |
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| I hear the profound horns and trumpets of war | B |
| Matching the rhythm swinging of the flying oars | F |
| The galleys' chant enchains the foam of sound | G |
| And the gods exalted at the heroic prow | H |
| E'en though the spit of spray insults each smiling brow | H |
| Beckon to me with arms indulgent frozen sculptured | I |
| and dead long long ago | J |
Delmore Schwartz
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