Pruning Flowering Gums Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDCAEAFCFGHFIFDJD KLKCICMINJOJFPFIQIII| One summer day along the street | A |
| Men pruned the gums | B |
| To make them neat | A |
| The tender branches white with flowers | C |
| Lay in the sun | D |
| For hours and hours | C |
| And every hour they grew more sweet | A |
| More honey like | E |
| Until the street | A |
| Smelt like a hive withouten bees | F |
| But still the gardeners | C |
| Lopped the trees | F |
| Then came the children out of school | G |
| Noisy and separate | H |
| As their rule Of being is The spangled trees | F |
| Gave them one heart | I |
| Such power to please | F |
| Had all the flowering branches strown | D |
| Around for them | J |
| To make their own | D |
| Then such a murmuring arose | K |
| As made the ears | L |
| Confirm the nose | K |
| And give the lie to eyes For hours | C |
| Child bees hummed | I |
| In the honey flowers | C |
| They gathered sprigs and armfuls Some | M |
| Ran with their fragrant | I |
| Burdens home | N |
| And still returned and after them | J |
| Would drag great boughs | O |
| Some stripped a stem | J |
| Of rosy flowers and played with these | F |
| Never such love | P |
| Had earthly trees | F |
| As these young creatures gave By night | I |
| The treasured sprays | Q |
| Of their delight | I |
| Were garnered every one The street | I |
| Looked as the council liked it neat | I |
Lesbia Harford
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