Madrono Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DEFFGG DEHHIJCC KDLLMMNN| Captain of the Western wood | A |
| Thou that apest Robin Hood | A |
| Green above thy scarlet hose | B |
| How thy velvet mantle shows | B |
| Never tree like thee arrayed | C |
| O thou gallant of the glade | C |
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| When the fervid August sun | D |
| Scorches all it looks upon | E |
| And the balsam of the pine | F |
| Drips from stem to needle fine | F |
| Round thy compact shade arranged | G |
| Not a leaf of thee is changed | G |
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| When the yellow autumn sun | D |
| Saddens all it looks upon | E |
| Spreads its sackcloth on the hills | H |
| Strews its ashes in the rills | H |
| Thou thy scarlet hose dost doff | I |
| And in limbs of purest buff | J |
| Challengest the sombre glade | C |
| For a sylvan masquerade | C |
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| Where oh where shall he begin | K |
| Who would paint thee Harlequin | D |
| With thy waxen burnished leaf | L |
| With thy branches' red relief | L |
| With thy polytinted fruit | M |
| In thy spring or autumn suit | M |
| Where begin and oh where end | N |
| Thou whose charms all art transcend | N |
Bret Harte
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