A Hollow Elm Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDE FGCGHH IJKJLL MCMCNO LBLCPQ| What hast thou not withstood | A |
| Tempest despising tree | B |
| Whose bloat and riven wood | A |
| Gapes now so hollowly | C |
| What rains have beaten thee through many years | D |
| What snows from off thy branches dripped like tears | E |
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| Calmly thou standest now | F |
| Upon thy sunny mound | G |
| The first spring breezes flow | C |
| Past with sweet dizzy sound | G |
| Yet on thy pollard top the branches few | H |
| Stand stiffly out disdain to murmur too | H |
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| The children at thy foot | I |
| Open new lighted eyes | J |
| Where on gnarled bark and root | K |
| The soft warm sunshine lies | J |
| Dost thou upon thine ancient sides resent | L |
| The touch of youth quick and impermanent | L |
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| These at the beck of spring | M |
| Live in the moment still | C |
| Thy boughs unquivering | M |
| Remembering winter's chill | C |
| And many other winters past and gone | N |
| Are mocked not cheated by the transient sun | O |
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| Hast thou so much withstood | L |
| Tempest despising tree | B |
| That now thy hollow wood | L |
| Stiffens disdainfully | C |
| Against the soft spring airs and soft spring rain | P |
| Knowing too well that winter comes again | Q |
Edward Shanks
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