And You, Helen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGHIIJJKK LL| And you Helen what should I give you | A |
| So many things I would give you | A |
| Had I an infinite great store | B |
| Offered me and I stood before | B |
| To choose I would give you youth | C |
| All kinds of loveliness and truth | C |
| A clear eye as good as mine | D |
| Lands waters flowers wine | D |
| As many children as your heart | E |
| Might wish for a far better art | E |
| Than mine can be all you have lost | F |
| Upon the travelling waters tossed | F |
| Or given to me If I could choose | G |
| Freely in that great treasure house | H |
| Anything from any shelf | I |
| I would give you back yourself | I |
| And power to discriminate | J |
| What you want and want it not too late | J |
| Many fair days free from care | K |
| And heart to enjoy both foul and fair | K |
| And myself too if I could find | L |
| Where it lay hidden and it proved kind | L |
Edward Thomas
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