The Orchard Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACB DEFCE GHGIJ KLKIL| Almond apple and peach | A |
| Walnut cherry plum | B |
| Ash chestnut and beech | A |
| And lime and sycamore | C |
| We have planted for days to come | B |
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| No stony monument | D |
| But growing changing things | E |
| Leaf fruit and honied scent | F |
| Bloom that the bees explore | C |
| Sprays where the bird sings | E |
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| In other Junes than ours | G |
| When the boughs spread and rise | H |
| Tall into leafy towers | G |
| To grace and guard this small | I |
| Corner of paradise | J |
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| When petals red and white | K |
| Resign to warming air | L |
| Without speech or sight | K |
| From our hands they will fall | I |
| On happy voices there | L |
Robert Laurence Binyon
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