Orchard Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHFFIF HJKG LMHBNF FFBFOPFQH| I 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 |
| - | |
| The honey seeking | H |
| paused not | J |
| the air thundered their song | K |
| and I alone was prostrate | G |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
Hilda Doolittle
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