The Child In The Orchard Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDD BAEEDD ABFFDD GGHHD| 'He rolls in the orchard he is stained with moss | A |
| And with earth the solitary old white horse | B |
| Where is his father and where is his mother | C |
| Among all the brown horses Has he a brother | C |
| I know the swallow the hawk and the hern | D |
| But there are two million things for me to learn | D |
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| 'Who was the lady that rode the white horse | B |
| With rings and bells to Banbury Cross | A |
| Was there no other lady in England beside | E |
| That a nursery rhyme could take for a ride | E |
| The swift the swallow the hawk and the hern | D |
| There are two million things for me to learn | D |
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| 'Was there a man once who straddled across | A |
| The back of the Westbury White Horse | B |
| Over there on Salisbury Plain's green wall | F |
| Was he bound for Westbury or had he a fall | F |
| The swift the swallow the hawk and the hern | D |
| There are two million things for me to learn | D |
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| 'Out of all the white horses I know three | G |
| At the age of six and it seems to me | G |
| There is so much to learn for men | H |
| That I dare not go to bed again | H |
| The swift the swallow the hawk and the hern | D |
| There are millions things for me to learn ' | - |
Edward Thomas
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