Orchard Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHFFIF HJKG LMHBNF FFBFOPFQHI saw the first pear | A |
As it fell | B |
The honey seeking golden banded | C |
The yellow swarm | D |
Was not more fleet than I | E |
Spare us from loveliness | F |
And I fell prostrate | G |
Crying | H |
You have flayed us | F |
With your blossoms | F |
Spare us the beauty | I |
Of fruit trees | F |
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The honey seeking | H |
Paused not | J |
The air thundered their song | K |
And I alone was prostrate | G |
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O rough hewn | L |
God of the orchard | M |
I bring you an offering | H |
Do you alone unbeautiful | B |
Son of the god | N |
Spare us from loveliness | F |
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These fallen hazel nuts | F |
Stripped late of their green sheaths | F |
Grapes red purple | B |
Their berries | F |
Dripping with wine | O |
Pomegranates already broken | P |
And shrunken figs | F |
And quinces untouched | Q |
I bring you as offering | H |
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