The Faithful Oak Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE AGHGCIJI AKLKKMNM| I planted out an oak tree | A |
| One hundred years ago | B |
| I saw her fed and watered | C |
| I watched her lithely grow | B |
| I watched her through the winter wild | D |
| Frosted frore and dark | E |
| I watched her as the summer sunburn | F |
| Baked her golden bark | E |
| - | |
| My friend the ardent oak tree | A |
| Drew me by the hand | G |
| Her strength and inspiration | H |
| She taught me how to stand | G |
| Amidst the savage blizzard | C |
| She learned to bow and bend | I |
| Resisting stormful battles | J |
| Triumphant in the end | I |
| - | |
| Now an aged oak tree | A |
| Her wisdom with me resting | K |
| She towering tall majestic | L |
| Withstanding nature's testing | K |
| Her arms suffuse embracing | K |
| She beckoned me with pride | M |
| I laid me down within her shroud | N |
| And neath her sanctum died | M |
Alan S Jeeves
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