The Tree Of Knowledge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF| I PLUCKED the blossoms of delight | A |
| In many a wood and many a field | B |
| I made a garland fair and bright | A |
| As any gardens yield | B |
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| But when I sought the living tree | C |
| To make new earth and Heaven new | D |
| I found alas for you and me | C |
| Its roots were set in you | D |
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| Oh dear my garden where the fruit | E |
| Of lovely knowledge sweetly springs | F |
| How jealously you guard the root | E |
| Of all enlightening things | F |
Edith Nesbit
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