Display Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GFHF IJBJ KLJL MNON HPQP| Deep planted in the heart of man | A |
| Wherever you may go | B |
| Display hath fertile seeds which sprout | C |
| And daily larger grow | B |
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| As oftentimes in happy soil | D |
| A lofty tree may rise | E |
| And 'neath its gloomy blighting shade | F |
| A sprout fair tender dies | E |
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| One lovely sprout yes more than one | G |
| Droops dies beneath the shade | F |
| And where might be a garden plot | H |
| A tangl'd waste is made | F |
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| Ill favor'd weeds and poison'd fruit | I |
| In rank luxuriance reign | J |
| And virtuous plants may strive to grow | B |
| But strive to grow in vain | J |
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| Oh man why in thy foolish heart | K |
| Should one seed grow so well | L |
| That naught but chaos there should reign | J |
| 'Mid poison plants of hell | L |
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| Oh man immortal in thy soul | M |
| Thou dost possess a will | N |
| Then why not prune these noxious sprouts | O |
| With firm and steady skill | N |
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| If thou would'st make thy heart a plot | H |
| Trimm'd bright and pure and clean | P |
| Oh let no tree o'erpow'r the rest | Q |
| Or rank o'ergrowth be seen | P |
Thomas Frederick Young
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