The Way Of The Wood Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG HIHI JKJK| WHERE baby oaks play in the breeze | A |
| Among wood sorrel and fringed fern | B |
| Through the green garments of the trees | A |
| The quivering shafts of sunlight burn | B |
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| And all along the wet green ride | C |
| The dripping hazel boughs between | D |
| The spotted orchis stiff with pride | C |
| Stands guard before the eglantine | E |
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| Sweet chestnuts droop their long sharp leaves | F |
| By knotted tree roots mossed and brown | G |
| Round which the honeysuckle weaves | F |
| Its scented golden wild wood crown | G |
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| O wood last year you saw us meet | H |
| For her your leaves and buds were gay | I |
| Your moss spread velvet for her feet | H |
| Your flowers upon her bosom lay | I |
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| This year you wear your raiment bright | J |
| As fair as ever yet you wore | K |
| And none the less the world's delight | J |
| Walks in your ways no more no more | K |
Edith Nesbit
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