The Appointment (the Adventures Of Seumas Beg) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCB DEDEFFE GHGHIIH JKJKLLK MNMNOON| Tree you are years standing there | A |
| Gripping tight to the side of the hill | B |
| And your branches are spread on the air | A |
| While you stand so sad and so still | B |
| And you do not complain | C |
| When you're wet with the rain | C |
| Though I think you have often been ill | B |
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| I would like but it could not be done | D |
| So you must not keep me to my word | E |
| To take you away when the sun | D |
| Goes down and the breezes are stirred | E |
| And hug you in bed | F |
| With myself till you said | F |
| That to sleep on a hill was absurd | E |
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| O beautiful tree when the night | G |
| Is dark and the winds come and scold | H |
| I would love then to cuddle you tight | G |
| For I fear you will die of the cold | H |
| But you are so tall | I |
| And my bed is so small | I |
| That it could not be done I am told | H |
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| My mother is calling for me | J |
| And the baby is wanting to play | K |
| I shall have to go home now you see | J |
| But I'll give you a kiss if I may | K |
| I would stay if I could | L |
| But a child must be good | L |
| So I must darling tree go away | K |
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| I will leave you my pencil and slate | M |
| And this little pin from my frock | N |
| But now I must go for it's late | M |
| And my mother is rattling the lock | N |
| So good bye darling dear | O |
| I'll come back never fear | O |
| In the morning at seven o'clock | N |
James Stephens
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