Helen In Egypt Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEF GEH HIJ KLM KNO GJH HHP EGEHelen 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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