The Barberry-bush Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG| The bush that has most briers and bitter fruit | A |
| Waits till the frost has turned its green leaves red | B |
| Its sweetened berries will thy palate suit | A |
| And thou mayst find e'en there a homely bread | B |
| Upon the hills of Salem scattered wide | C |
| Their yellow blossoms gain the eye in Spring | D |
| And straggling e'en upon the turnpike's side | C |
| Their ripened branches to your hand they bring | D |
| I've plucked them oft in boyhood's early hour | E |
| That then I gave such name and thought it true | F |
| But now I know that other fruit as sour | E |
| Grows on what now thou callst Me and You | F |
| Yet wilt thou wait the autumn that I see | G |
| Will sweeter taste than these red berries be | G |
Jones Very
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