A Long Bough Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DEFG HAIF JKIL| A bough sank down on a fence and fell asleep | A |
| so shall I sleep | A |
| The fruit has fallen and what do I care | B |
| for my root and stock | C |
| - | |
| The fruit has fallen the flower is long forgotten | D |
| only leaves remain | E |
| One day a storm will rage and they will fall | F |
| casualties to earth | G |
| - | |
| Afterwards terrible nights | H |
| No respite no sleep | A |
| I wrestle alone in darkness batter | I |
| my head on the wall | F |
| - | |
| Spring will blossom again Only I | J |
| hang on to my stem | K |
| bald shoot with no bud and no flower | I |
| no fruit and no leaf | L |
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
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