Appletrees Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIHJIIKL ADMDHJI ADHGINODGI PHHGGAIIQ IHIHIGDIIIIRG ADHHHMGIIIHSJH ANHIDHNGI ANIIIIIIHE IIGGJIGH IIGGJGGGII

IA
Sweet appletree your branches delight meB
Luxuriantly budding my pride and joyC
I will put before the lord of MacreuD
That on Wednesday in the valley of MachawyE
Blood will flowF
Lloegyr's England's blades will shineG
But hear O little pig on ThursdayH
The Cymry will rejoyceI
In their defence of CymimawdH
Furiously cutting and thrustingJ
The Saesons Saxons will be slaughtered by our ashen spearsI
And their heads used as footballsI
I prophesy the unvarnished truthK
The rising of a child in the secluded SouthL
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IIA
Sweet and luxuriant appletreeD
Great its branches beautiful its formM
I predict a battle that fills me with farD
At Pengwern men drink meadH
But around Cyminawd is a deadly hewingJ
By a chieftain from Eryri til only hatred remainsI
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IIIA
Sweet yellow appletreeD
Growing in Tal ArddH
I predict a battle at PrydynG
In defense of frontiersI
Seven ships will comeN
Across a wide lakeO
Seven hundred men come to conquerD
Of those who come only seven will returnG
According to my prophecyI
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IV-
Sweet appletree of luxuriant growthP
I used to find food at its footH
When because of a maidH
I slept alone in the woods of CelyddonG
Shield on shoulder sword onG
Hear little pig listen to myA
As sweet as birds that sing on MondayI
When the sovereigns come across the seaI
Blessed by the Cymry Welsh because of their strengthQ
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VI
Sweet appletree in the gladeH
Trodden is the earth around its baseI
The men of Rhydderch see me notH
Gwendyyd no longer loves nor greets meI
I am hated by Rhydderch's strongest scionG
I have despoiled both his son and daughterD
Death visits them all why not meI
After Gwnddoleu no one shall honour meI
No diversions attend meI
No fair women visit meI
Though at Arderydd Arthuret I wore a golden torqueR
The swan white woman despises me nowG
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VIA
Sweet appletree growing by the riverD
Who will thrive on its wondrous fruitH
When my reason was intactH
I used to lie at its footH
With a fair wanton maid of slender formM
Fifty years the plaything of lawless enG
I have wandered in gloom among spiritsI
After great wealth and gregarious minstrelsI
I have been here so long not even spritesI
Can lead me astray I never sleep but tremble at the thoughtH
Of my Lord Gwenddoleu and y own native peopleS
Long have I suffered unease and longingJ
May I be given freedom in the endH
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VIIA
Sweet appletree with delicate blossomN
Growing concealed in the windH
At the tale was told to meI
That my words had offended the most powerful ministerD
Not once not twice but thrice in a single dayH
Christ that my end has comeN
Before the killing of Gwndydd's sonG
Was upon my handsI
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VIIIA
Sweet appletree with your delicate blossomN
Growing amid the thickets of treesI
Chwyfleian foretellsI
A tale that will come to passI
A staff of gold signifying braveryI
Will be given by the glorious Dragon KingsI
The grateful one will vanquish the profanerI
Before the child bright and boldH
The Saesons shall fall and bards will flourishE
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IXI
Sweet appletree of crimson colourI
Growing concealed in the wood of CelyddonG
Though men seek your fruit their search is vainG
Until Cadwaladyr comes from Cadfaon's meetingJ
To Teiwi river and Tywi's landsI
Till anger and anguish come from ArawynionG
And the long hairs are tamedH
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XI
Sweet appletree of crimson colourI
Crowing concealed in the wood of CelyddonG
Though men seek your fruit their search is vainG
Till Cadwalad comes from Rhyd Rheon's meetingJ
And with Cynon advances against the SaesonG
Victorious Cymry glorious their leadenG
All shall how their rights againG
All Britons rejoice sounding joyful hornsI
Chanting songs of happiness and peaceI

Anonymous Olde English



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