The Tree Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEEFFGGHIBBJJKK LMNNFFOOPPQQ| Fair tree for thy delightful shade | A |
| 'Tis just that some return be made | A |
| Sure some return is due from me | B |
| To thy cool shadows and to thee | B |
| When thou to birds dost shelter give | C |
| Thou music dost from them receive | D |
| If travellers beneath thee stay | E |
| Till storms have worn themselves away | E |
| That time in praising thee they spend | F |
| And thy protecting pow'r commend | F |
| The shepherd here from scorching freed | G |
| Tunes to thy dancing leaves his reed | G |
| Whilst his lov'd nymph in thanks bestows | H |
| Her flow'ry chaplets on thy boughs | I |
| Shall I then only silent be | B |
| And no return be made by me | B |
| No let this wish upon thee wait | J |
| And still to flourish be thy fate | J |
| To future ages may'st thou stand | K |
| Untouch'd by the rash workman's hand | K |
| Till that large stock of sap is spent | L |
| Which gives thy summer's ornament | M |
| Till the fierce winds that vainly strive | N |
| To shock thy greatness whilst alive | N |
| Shall on thy lifeless hour attend | F |
| Prevent the axe and grace thy end | F |
| Their scatter'd strength together call | O |
| And to the clouds proclaim thy fall | O |
| Who then their ev'ning dews may spare | P |
| When thou no longer art their care | P |
| But shalt like ancient heroes burn | Q |
| And some bright hearth be made thy urn | Q |
Anne Kingsmill Finch
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