Cherries Are Ripe Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHHIJKGLLMNOC| The cherry tree is red now | A |
| Cherry tree nods his red head | B |
| And calls to the sun | C |
| Let down the birds out of the sky | D |
| Send home the birds to build nests in my arms | E |
| For I am ready to feed them | F |
| There is a little girl coming for cherries too | G |
| I am that little girl I who am singing | H |
| She is coming with hair flying | H |
| The butterflies will be going says the cherry | I |
| For it is getting dusk | J |
| When it is dawn | K |
| They will be up and out with the dew | G |
| And sparkle as the dew does | L |
| On the tips of tall slender green grasses | L |
| Around my feet | M |
| Or on the cheeks of fruit I have ripened | N |
| Red cherries for birds | O |
| And children | C |
Hilda Conkling
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