Leaves Of The Cecropia Tree Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABACADEFAA BGDHAB IB JBKAAB DBAAABHLA| And what of privileged things | A |
| mur frankinscense | A |
| or sandlewood | B |
| yes teak ambergris | A |
| or skies of indigo blue | C |
| I cite these gifts | A |
| caravans offered as treasure | D |
| Christopher Wren putting | E |
| the domes of St Paul | F |
| in place like worn spectacles | A |
| over a cherubic face | A |
| - | |
| The last gargoyle pops in sight | B |
| near Notre Dame | G |
| such cathedrals are whitened sepulchre | D |
| stones in stately | H |
| pleasure domes | A |
| decreed | B |
| - | |
| I see the Taj Mahal | I |
| where Mahatma Gandhi might have trod | B |
| - | |
| The utterance of a tulip | J |
| in every parable Christ talked | B |
| rosebuds gleaming milk | K |
| on the breath of lilacs | A |
| their shields of lilies | A |
| shone where Solomon walked | B |
| - | |
| Song of Songs is none other | D |
| than the poet's heart | B |
| water across stones | A |
| a warm sun working double shifts | A |
| as a pitchfork stacking memories | A |
| on a summer's day | B |
| shooing aside leaves of the Cecropia tree | H |
| old Walt resting on a bench | L |
| mumbling his prayers | A |
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