Helen All Alone Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFCDCD GHGHCDCD IJIJCDCD EKEKCDCCD| There was darkness under Heaven | A |
| For an hour's space | B |
| Darkness that we knew was given | A |
| Us for special grace | B |
| Sun and noon and stars were hid | C |
| God had left His Throne | D |
| When Helen came to me she did | C |
| Helen all alone | D |
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| Side by side because our fate | E |
| Damned us ere our birth | F |
| We stole out of Limbo Gate | E |
| Looking for the Earth | F |
| Hand in pulling hand amid | C |
| Fear no dreams have known | D |
| Helen ran with me she did | C |
| Helen all alone | D |
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| When the Horror passing speech | G |
| Hunted us along | H |
| Each laid hold on each and each | G |
| Found the other strong | H |
| In the teeth of Things forbid | C |
| And Reason overthrown | D |
| Helen stood by me she did | C |
| Helen all alone | D |
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| When at last we heard those Fires | I |
| Dull and die away | J |
| When at last our linked desires | I |
| Dragged us up to day | J |
| When at last our souls were rid | C |
| Of what that Night had shown | D |
| Helen passed from me she did | C |
| Helen all alone | D |
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| Let her go and find a mate | E |
| As I will find a bride | K |
| Knowing naught of Limbo Gate | E |
| Or Who are penned inside | K |
| There is knowledge God forbid | C |
| More than one should own | D |
| So Helen went from me she did | C |
| Oh my soul be glad she did | C |
| Helen all alone | D |
Rudyard Kipling
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