Helen In Egypt Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEF GEH HIJ KLM KNO GJH HHP EGE| Helen herself seems almost ready for this sacrifice | A |
| at least for the immolation of | B |
| herself before this greatest love of Achilles | C |
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| his dedication to his own ship and the | D |
| figurehead an idol or eidolon | E |
| a mermaid Thetis upon the prow | F |
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| Did her eyes slant in the old way | G |
| was she Greek or Egyptian | E |
| had some Phoenician sailor wrought her | H |
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| was she oak wood or cedar | H |
| had she been cut from an awkward block | I |
| of ship wood at the ship builders | J |
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| and afterwards riveted there | K |
| or had the prow itself been shaped | L |
| to her mermaid body | M |
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| curved to her mermaid hair | K |
| was there a dash of paint | N |
| in the beginning in the garment fold | O |
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| did the blue afterwards wear away | G |
| did they re touch her arms her shoulders | J |
| did anyone touch her ever | H |
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| Had she other zealot and lover | H |
| or did he alone worship her | H |
| did she wear a girdle of sea weed | P |
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| or a painted crown how often | E |
| did her high breasts meet the spray | G |
| how often dive down | E |
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