The Loving Tree Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFDF GDHD IJKJ LMNM ODBD PMQM RSTS RUVU BWVW XBVD YBVB ZA2B2A2 C2DVD| Three women walked upon a road | A |
| And the first said airily | B |
| Of all the trees in all the world | C |
| Which is the loving tree | D |
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| The second said My eyes have seen | E |
| No tree that is not fair | F |
| But the Orange tree is the sweetest tree | D |
| The loving blood is there | F |
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| And the third said In the green time | G |
| I knew a loving tree | D |
| That gave a drink of the blood red milk | H |
| It was the Mulberry | D |
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| Then the first one said Of all the trees | I |
| No sweetest can I name | J |
| Ask her who yonder slowly comes | K |
| That woman lean and lame | J |
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| Grief like a hideous suckling hung | L |
| Along her hollow breast | M |
| Pain was upon her as she walked | N |
| And as she stooped to rest | M |
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| Why will you question so she said | O |
| Is it to mock at me | D |
| For how should I who walk in Hell | B |
| Know of a loving tree | D |
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| My eyes are not as woman's eyes | P |
| They hope not east or west | M |
| Dull Famine my bed mate is | Q |
| And Loneliness my guest | M |
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| 'Tis not the most delicious flower | R |
| That leaves the scent of Spring | S |
| Nor is it yet the brightest bird | T |
| That loads his heart to sing | S |
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| A tree may dance in the white weather | R |
| Or dream in a blue gown | U |
| A tree may sing as a sweetheart | V |
| To bid the stars come down | U |
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| Some trees are slim and lovable | B |
| And some are sleek and strong | W |
| But the tree that has the cripple's heart | V |
| Will know the cripple's song | W |
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| The sweetest death is the red death | X |
| That comes up nakedly | B |
| And the tree that has the foiled heart | V |
| It is the loving tree | D |
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| While ever lip shall seek for lip | Y |
| While ever light shall fall | B |
| The tree that has the ruined heart | V |
| Is tenderest of all | B |
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| Oh ye may have your men to kiss | Z |
| And children warm to hold | A2 |
| But the heart that had the hottest love | B2 |
| Was never yet consoled | A2 |
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| The women three walked on their way | C2 |
| Their shamed eyes could see | D |
| How well the tree with the foiled heart | V |
| Is still the loving tree | D |
John Shaw Neilson
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