Helen Of Troy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEED FFGHHI JKLMML NNDOOD BBPQQP RRSTTS UUVWXV NNYZZY HHBDDB| On an ancient vase representing in bas relief the flight of Helen | A |
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| This is the vase of Love | B |
| Whose feet would ever rove | C |
| O'er land and sea | D |
| Whose hopes forever seek | E |
| Bright eyes the vermeiled cheek | E |
| And ways made free | D |
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| Do we not understand | F |
| Why thou didst leave thy land | F |
| Thy spouse thy hearth | G |
| Helen of Troy Greek art | H |
| Hath made our heart thy heart | H |
| Thy mirth our mirth | I |
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| For Paris did appear | J |
| Curled hair and rosy ear | K |
| And tapering hands | L |
| He spoke the blood ran fast | M |
| He touched and killed the past | M |
| And clove its bands | L |
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| And this I deem is why | N |
| The restless ages sigh | N |
| Helen for thee | D |
| Whate'er we do or dream | O |
| Whate'er we say or seem | O |
| We would be free | D |
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| We would forsake old love | B |
| And all the pain thereof | B |
| And all the care | P |
| We would find out new seas | Q |
| And lands more strange than these | Q |
| And flowers more fair | P |
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| We would behold fresh skies | R |
| Where summer never dies | R |
| And amaranths spring | S |
| Lands where the halcyon hours | T |
| Nest over scented bowers | T |
| On folded wing | S |
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| We would be crowned with bays | U |
| And spend the long bright days | U |
| On sea or shore | V |
| Or sit by haunted woods | W |
| And watch the deep sea's moods | X |
| And hear its roar | V |
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| Beneath that ancient sky | N |
| Who is not fain to fly | N |
| As men have fled | Y |
| Ah we would know relief | Z |
| From marts of wine and beef | Z |
| And oil and bread | Y |
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| Helen of Troy Greek art | H |
| Hath made our heart thy heart | H |
| Thy love our love | B |
| For poesy like thee | D |
| Must fly and wander free | D |
| As the wild dove | B |
Edgar Lee Masters
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