The Helping Hand Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CC DD EE FF GG| Mother my head is bloody my breast is red with scars | A |
| Well foolish son I told you so why went you to the wars | B |
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| Mother my soul is crucified my thirst is past belief | C |
| How are you crucified my son betwixt a thief and thief | C |
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| Mother I feel the terror and the loveliness of life | D |
| Tell me of the children son and tell me of the wife | D |
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| Mother your face is but a face among a million more | E |
| You're standing on the deck my son and looking at the shore | E |
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| I lean against the wall mother and struggle hard for breath | F |
| You must have heard the step my son of the patrolman Death | F |
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| Mother my soul is weary where is the way to God | G |
| Well kiss the crucifix my son and pass beneath the rod | G |
Edgar Lee Masters
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