Something About The Trees Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD BEDF EGFH GIHJ IAJK ABKJ BAJC K| I remember what my father told me | A |
| There is an age when you are most yourself | B |
| He was just past fifty then | C |
| Was it something about the trees that make him speak | D |
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| There is an age when you are most yourself | B |
| I know more than I did once | E |
| Was it something about the trees that make him speak | D |
| Only a single leaf had turned so far | F |
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| I know more than I did once | E |
| I used to think he'd always be the surgeon | G |
| Only a single leaf had turned so far | F |
| Even his body kept its secrets | H |
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| I used to think he'd always be the surgeon | G |
| My mother was the perfect surgeon's wife | I |
| Even his body kept its secrets | H |
| I thought they both would live forever | J |
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| My mother was the perfect surgeon's wife | I |
| I can still see her face at thirty | A |
| I thought they both would live forever | J |
| I thought I'd always be their child | K |
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| I can still see her face at thirty | A |
| When will I be most myself | B |
| I thought I'd always be their child | K |
| In my sleep it's never winter | J |
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| When will I be most myself | B |
| I remember what my father told me | A |
| In my sleep it's never winter | J |
| He was just past fifty then | C |
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| Submitted by Jt | K |
Linda Pastan
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