The Old Fool In The Wood Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEAA FGFE HIHE| 'If I could whisper you all I know ' | A |
| Said the Old Fool in the Wood | B |
| 'You'd never say that green leaves grow | C |
| You'd say 'Ah what a happy mood | D |
| The Master must be in today | E |
| To think such thoughts ' | A |
| That's what you'd say ' | A |
| - | |
| 'If I could whisper you all I've heard ' | - |
| Said the Old Fool in the fern | F |
| 'You'd never say the song of a bird | G |
| You'd say 'I'll listen and p'raps I'll learn | F |
| One word of His joy as He passed this way | E |
| One syllable more ' | - |
| That's what you'd say ' | - |
| - | |
| 'If I could tell you all the rest ' | - |
| Said the Old Fool under the skies | H |
| 'You'd hug your griefs against your breast | I |
| And whisper with love lit eyes | H |
| 'I am one with the sorrow that made the may | E |
| And the pulse of His heart ' | - |
| That's what you'd say ' | - |
Alfred Noyes
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