The Silver Birch Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIJI KIII

O SILVER one O silver oneA
Above the valley of the BaneB
O stem with snow water agleamC
And glistening limbs and trails of pearlD
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The sun has sent a slanting kissE
Red fire and gold his arrows burnF
Now that he aims a shaft at theeG
Red fire and gold to silver turnF
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When I am spent with the ways of menH
I'll wash my hands in melting snowI
And live with thee among the oaksJ
And watch the river swirl belowI
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But I must ever be travellingK
From sea to sea from shoal to shoalI
Farewell O still and beautifulI
I would thy valley were my goalI

Herbert Asquith



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