The Acorn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IBIBJKJK LMLMNOPQ| An acorn swung | A |
| On an oak tree bough | B |
| So long it had hung | A |
| It would fain fall now | B |
| To the kindly earth | C |
| That its germ within | D |
| Might burst into birth | C |
| And its life begin | D |
| - | |
| And the autumn came | E |
| With its burning hand | F |
| And each leaf grew a flame | E |
| And each bough a brand | F |
| And a worm came up | G |
| And began to eat | H |
| Though the hard dry cup | G |
| To the acorn sweet | H |
| - | |
| And the acorn thought | I |
| I shall soon see now | B |
| The life I have sought | I |
| When I fall from the bough | B |
| For the worm gnaws through | J |
| Each tendon slight | K |
| That about me grew | J |
| And bound me tight | K |
| - | |
| And with dying day | L |
| Came the zephyr s sound | M |
| And the acorn lay | L |
| Next morn on the ground | M |
| But its germ was gone | N |
| By the worm s sharp teeth | O |
| And the ground it had won | P |
| Was its grave in death | Q |
Francis William Bourdillon
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