Our Helen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DBEB FGHI JCKC LCM NC COAG NOPG QCRC CSTS| Our Helen is a 'perfect love' | A |
| Of a blue eyed baby | B |
| When she's grown she'll be a belle | C |
| And a 'Venus ' may be | B |
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| Such a cunning little mouth | D |
| Lips as red as cherry | B |
| And she smiles on all around | E |
| In a way so merry | B |
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| Laughs and crows and claps her hands | F |
| Springs and hops and dances | G |
| As if her little brain overflowed | H |
| With lively tripping fancies | I |
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| Then she'll arch her pretty neck | J |
| And toss her head so queenly | C |
| And when she's weary fall asleep | K |
| And slumber so serenely | C |
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| She has a cunning kind of way | L |
| Of looking sly and witty | C |
| As if to say in baby words | M |
| 'I know I'm very pretty ' | - |
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| She bites her 'mammy ' scratches 'nurse ' | - |
| And makes droll mouths at 'pappy ' | - |
| We can but love the roguish thing | N |
| She looks so bright and happy | C |
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| The dinner table seems to be | C |
| The crown of all her wishes | O |
| For there the gypsy's sure to have | A |
| A hand in all the dishes | G |
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| But why should we essay to sing | N |
| Her thousand sprightly graces | O |
| She has the merriest of ways | P |
| The prettiest of faces | G |
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| We know she'll grow a peerless one | Q |
| With skin all white and pearly | C |
| And laughing eyes and auburn locks | R |
| All silky soft and curly | C |
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| Her baby laugh and sportive glee | C |
| Her spirit's airy lightness | S |
| Surround the pleasant prairie home | T |
| With hues of magic brightness | S |
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
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