Decorating The Old Church Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED AFBF GHGF IJKJ AHAB| Gray old gardener what do you bring | A |
| Laurel and ivy and bay | B |
| With palms for the crowning of a King | A |
| The morrow is Christmas Day | B |
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| Holly with thorns and berries like blood | C |
| On its shiny greenness flung | D |
| O the pierc d side and the thorny crown | E |
| And the cross whereon He hung | D |
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| The mistletoe meaning All healing | A |
| Hangs close to the holly's thorn | F |
| Lest we forget that on Christmas Day | B |
| The Healer of Souls was born | F |
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| Ivy's for faith on the altar rail | G |
| Let it creep where all may see | H |
| It crept till it kissed a cheek so pale | G |
| That night in Gethsemane | F |
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| Bay's for remembrance full and sweet | I |
| It speaks with its fragrant breath | J |
| Of manger and cross and a lowly tomb | K |
| And a love that conquered death | J |
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| And laurel leaves for the wreath I bring | A |
| The laurel for victory | H |
| And palms for the crowning of a King | A |
| The morrow is Christmas Day | B |
Jean Blewett
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