The Old Acacia Tree Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DCCC EEFG CBHB ECCC IC| Neither daylight nor the darkness | A |
| See how silently I wander | B |
| Not on mountain nor in valley | C |
| Does an old acacia ponder | B |
| - | |
| The acacia solves all mysteries | D |
| Tells my fortune while I tarry | C |
| I shall ask the tree to tell me | C |
| Whom O whom am I to marry | C |
| - | |
| Where will he be from O Acacia | E |
| Is it Poland Lithuania | E |
| Will he come with a horse and a carriage | F |
| Or with staff and sack will he appear | G |
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| And what presents will be bring me | C |
| Necklace of pearls and coral flower | B |
| Tell me will he be fair or dark haired | H |
| Still unmarried or a widower | B |
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| If he's old my dear Acacia | E |
| I won't have him please don't try me | C |
| I'll tell my father you may slay me | C |
| But to an old man do not tie me | C |
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| At his feet I'll fall and with tears I'll cry | I |
| To an old man do not tie me | C |
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
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