can anyone give me some analysis or website that can give me an analysis about ti helen by poe. i need it soon plzzzz.

There are two poems titled "To Helen", which one do you mean?


Les

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HELEN, thy beauty is to me
Like those Nicean barks of yore,
That gently, o'er a perfumed sea,
The weary way-worn wanderer bore
To his own native shore.

On desperate seas long wont to roam,
Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face,
Thy Naiad airs have brought me home
To the glory that was Greece,
And the grandeur that was Rome.

Lo ! in yon brilliant window-niche
How statue-like I me thee stand,
The agate lamp within thy hand!
Ah, Psyche, from the regions which
Are Holy-land !

this one! i need help analyzing it plz help!

Addy, this poem is a tribute to Helen of Troy, a character in Greek mythology.
In analyzing it you will need to look up any foreign words and name places which are unfamiliar to you. Here is a link to a page on Helen:

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In your analysis, you should address the following:

1. Form

2. Meter/rhyme

3. Language

4. Meaning/ literal and figurative

5. Opinion/ overall reaction to the poem


Les

Could be Helen of Troy, but see the note at the bottom of the eapoe.org page, where it suggests she was Mrs. Craig Stith Stannard.

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The type of analysis required is not specified, but the petitioner should visit the dictionary and look up any unfamiliar terms, such as,

Nicean barks - boats from Nice? No, not dogs, sorry.

HELEN, thy beauty is to me
Like those Nicean barks of yore,

Hyacinth hair - probably red? Hyacinthus - a youth accidentally killed by Apollo.

On desperate seas long wont to roam,
Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face,

A Naiad was a water nymph, if memory serves.

Thy Naiad airs have brought me home

An agate I remember from playing marbles, but perhaps it means glasslike and/or cloudy here? Psyche is another Greek myth reference. Loved by Eros and united with him after overcoming Aphrodite's jealousy. Later became the personification of the soul, probably what Poe had in mind here.

The agate lamp within thy hand!
Ah, Psyche, from the regions which
Are Holy-land !

Anyway, note the first two lines and try to follow the extended metaphor (look that up) comparing Helen's beauty to many other things.

The meter is iambic tetrameter with trochaic substitutions (yeah, look those up, too); the rhyme scheme in each stanza is, ababb, cdcdc, effef, for reasons I can only guess. I assume he broke the metrical scheme at the last line to add emphasis to the finish.

thank u all for ur help i basically knew all of that and have decided to pick anouther poem. it's too much about another story it doesnt have one within itself. thank u so much though.

Line 2 of Stanza 3 as quoted above: 'How statue like I me thee stand'

That's also how it's given in the first website cited by Hugh. Presumably 'me' is a typo for 'see'.

'How statue like I me thee stand'

Good catch! It is shown correctly on this page:

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What does "Nicean barks of yore" mean? Please respond

What does "Nicean barks of yore" mean? Please respond

'yore' means a time long ago.

A 'bark' is a sailing vessel.

'Nicean' [usually written 'Nicaean'] is an adjective from the name of the town Nicaea, which was in ancient Bithynia, in present day Turkey. 'Nicene' means the same thing.

does anyone know how Psyche is used in this poem? I know she means soul, but how does it fit in with the poem's effect?

also, can anyone tell me the basic theme of this poem?

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