The Tree Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ| IN the dim woods one tree | A |
| Was by the cunning seasons builded fair | B |
| With the rain's masonry | A |
| And delicate craft of air | B |
| - | |
| Unknown of anyone | C |
| She was the wind's green daughter Her the dove | D |
| Made between leaf and sun | C |
| His murmuring house of love | D |
| - | |
| Quiet as a seemly thought | E |
| Her infinite strength of shade she stretched around | F |
| Peace like a spell she wrought | E |
| On that enclos d ground | F |
| - | |
| Bred of such lowly stuff | G |
| Blown mast a sheltering day a tender night | H |
| Now stars seem kin enough | G |
| To company her height | H |
| - | |
| She knows not whence she grew | I |
| So in my heart from some forgotten seed | J |
| The lovely thought of you | I |
| Towered to the lovelier need | J |
Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall
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