The Beech Tree's Petition Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEAA FFGHIIJJKKLLMMAA| O leave this barren spot to me | A |
| Spare woodman spare the beechen tree | A |
| Though bush or floweret never grow | B |
| My dark unwarming shade below | B |
| Nor summer bud perfume the dew | C |
| Of rosy blush or yellow hue | C |
| Nor fruits of autumn blossom born | D |
| My green and glossy leaves adorn | D |
| Nor murmuring tribes from me derive | E |
| Th' ambrosial amber of the hive | E |
| Yet leave this barren spot to me | A |
| Spare woodman spare the beechen tree | A |
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| Thrice twenty summers I have seen | F |
| The sky grow bright the forest green | F |
| And many a wintry wind have stood | G |
| In bloomless fruitless solitude | H |
| Since childhood in my pleasant bower | I |
| First spent its sweet and sportive hour | I |
| Since youthful lovers in my shade | J |
| Their vows of truth and rapture made | J |
| And on my trunk's surviving frame | K |
| Carved many a long forgotten name | K |
| Oh by the sighs of gentle sound | L |
| First breathed upon this sacred ground | L |
| By all that Love has whispered here | M |
| Or Beauty heard with ravished ear | M |
| As Love's own altar honor me | A |
| Spare woodman spare the beechen tree | A |
Thomas Campbell
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