The Foolish Elm Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FGHGIJI KDLDEMEM JHNHDLDL OPOPQEJE| The bold young Autumn came riding along | A |
| One day where an elm tree grew | B |
| 'You are fair ' he said as she bent down her head | C |
| 'Too fair for your robe's dull hue | B |
| You are far too young for a garb so old | D |
| Your beauty needs color and sheen | E |
| Oh I would clothe you in scarlet and gold | D |
| Befitting the grace of a queen | E |
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| 'For one little kiss on your lips sweet elm | F |
| For one little kiss no more | G |
| I would give you I swear a robe more fair | H |
| Than ever a princess wore | G |
| One little kiss on those lips my pet | I |
| And lo you shall stand I say | J |
| Queen of the forest and better yet | I |
| Queen of my heart alway ' | - |
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| She tossed her head but he took the kiss | K |
| 'Tis the way of lovers bold | D |
| And a gorgeous dress for that sweet caress | L |
| He gave ere the morning was old | D |
| For a week and a day she ruled a queen | E |
| In beauty and splendid attire | M |
| For a week and a day she was loved I ween | E |
| With the love that is born of desire | M |
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| Then bold eyed Autumn went on his way | J |
| In search of a tree more fair | H |
| And mob winds tattered her garments and scattered | N |
| Her finery here and there | H |
| Poor and faded and ragged and cold | D |
| She rocked in her wild distress | L |
| And longed for the dull green gown she had sold | D |
| For her fickle lover's caress | L |
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| And the days went by and Winter came | O |
| And his tyrannous tempests beat | P |
| On the shivering tree whose robes of flame | O |
| He had trampled under his feet | P |
| I saw her reach up to the mocking skies | Q |
| Her poor arms bare and thin | E |
| Ah well a day it is ever the way | J |
| With a woman who trades with sin | E |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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