Woodman, Spare That Tree! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD AEAEFGFG HIHIJCKC LMLMNDND| Woodman spare that tree | A |
| Touch not a single bough | B |
| In youth it sheltered me | A |
| And I'll protect it now | B |
| 'Twas my forefather's hand | C |
| That placed it near his cot | D |
| There woodman let it stand | C |
| Thy axe shall harm it not | D |
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| That old familiar tree | A |
| Whose glory and renown | E |
| Are spread o'er land and sea | A |
| And wouldst thou hew it down | E |
| Woodman forebear thy stroke | F |
| Cut not its earth bound ties | G |
| Oh spare that aged oak | F |
| Now towering to the skies | G |
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| When but an idle boy | H |
| I sought its grateful shade | I |
| In all their gushing joy | H |
| Here too my sisters played | I |
| My mother kissed me here | J |
| My father pressed my hand | C |
| Forgive this foolish tear | K |
| But let that old oak stand | C |
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| My heart strings round thee cling | L |
| Close as thy bark old friend | M |
| Here shall the wild bird sing | L |
| And still thy branches bend | M |
| Old tree the storm still brave | N |
| And woodman leave the spot | D |
| While I've a hand to save | N |
| thy axe shall harm it not | D |
George Pope Morris
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usman maik: lyrics dosent match at all
Marian Ord: Lovely poem--it should be used more to protect trees that are scheduled to be cut down.
Adhvik Balaji: Where are the poetic devises in the poem
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