The Human Tree Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABAAB CCCDEEF GGGHGGH III AAJ| Many have Earth's lovers been | A |
| Tried in seas and wars I ween | A |
| Yet the mightiest have I seen | A |
| Yea the best saw I | B |
| One that in a field alone | A |
| Stood up stiller than a stone | A |
| Lest a moth should fly | B |
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| Birds had nested in his hair | C |
| On his shoon were mosses rare | C |
| Insect empires flourished there | C |
| Worms in ancient wars | D |
| But his eyes burn like a glass | E |
| Hearing a great sea of grass | E |
| Roar towards the stars | F |
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| From them to the human tree | G |
| Rose a cry continually | G |
| Thou art still our Father we | G |
| Fain would have thee nod | H |
| Make the skies as blood below thee | G |
| Though thou slay us we shall know thee | G |
| Answer us O God | H |
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| Show thine ancient fame and thunder | I |
| Split the stillness once asunder | I |
| Lest we whisper lest we wonder | I |
| Art thou there at all ' | - |
| But I saw him there alone | A |
| Standing stiller than a stone | A |
| Lest a moth should fall | J |
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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