Upon The Barren Fig-tree In God's Vineyard Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCBBDDBBEEBBFFBB GGBB| What barren here in this so good a soil | A |
| The sight of this doth make God's heart recoil | A |
| From giving thee his blessing barren tree | B |
| Bear fruit or else thine end will cursed be | B |
| Art thou not planted by the water side | C |
| Know'st not thy Lord by fruit is glorified | C |
| The sentence is Cut down the barren tree | B |
| Bear fruit or else thine end will cursed be | B |
| Hast thou been digg'd about and dunged too | D |
| Will neither patience nor yet dressing do | D |
| The executioner is come O tree | B |
| Bear fruit or else thine end will cursed be | B |
| He that about thy roots takes pains to dig | E |
| Would if on thee were found but one good fig | E |
| Preserve thee from the axe but barren tree | B |
| Bear fruit or else thy end will cursed be | B |
| The utmost end of patience is at hand | F |
| 'Tis much if thou much longer here doth stand | F |
| O cumber ground thou art a barren tree | B |
| Bear fruit or else thine end will cursed be | B |
| Thy standing nor they name will help at all | G |
| When fruitful trees are spared thou must fall | G |
| The axe is laid unto thy roots O tree | B |
| Bear fruit or else thine end will cursed be | B |
John Bunyan
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