To Helen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCB DEED BFGHHIJAfter 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 |
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