The Seed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKLKL GMGMNHNH| I was a seed that fell | A |
| In silver dew | B |
| And nobody could tell | A |
| For no one knew | B |
| No one could tell my fate | C |
| As I grew tall | D |
| None visioned me with hate | C |
| No none at all | D |
| - | |
| A sapling I became | E |
| Blest by the sun | F |
| No rumour of my shame | E |
| Had any one | F |
| Oh I was proud indeed | G |
| And sang with glee | H |
| When from a tiny seed | G |
| I grew a tree | H |
| - | |
| I was so stout and strong | I |
| Though still so young | J |
| When sudden came a throng | I |
| With angry tongue | J |
| They cleft me to the core | K |
| With savage blows | L |
| And from their ranks a roar | K |
| Of rage arose | L |
| - | |
| I was so proud a seed | G |
| A tree to grow | M |
| Surely there was no need | G |
| To lay me low | M |
| Why did I end so ill | N |
| The midst of three | H |
| Black crosses on a hill | N |
| Called Calvary | H |
Robert Service
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