Beechwoods At Knole Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEF GHI JKL LLL MND| How do I love you beech trees in the autumn | A |
| Your stone grey columns a cathedral nave | B |
| Processional above the earth's brown glory | C |
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| I was a child and I loved the knurly tangle | D |
| Of roots that coiled above a scarp like serpents | E |
| Where I might hide my treasure with the squirrels | F |
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| I was a child and splashed my way in laughter | G |
| Through drifts of leaves where underfoot the beech nuts | H |
| Split with crisp crackle to my great rejoicing | I |
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| Red are the beechen slopes below Shock Tavern | J |
| Red is the bracken on the sandy Furze field | K |
| Red are the stags and hinds by Bo Pit Meadows | L |
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| The rutting stags that nightly through the beechwoods | L |
| Bell out their challenge carrying their antlers | L |
| Proudly beneath the antlered autumn branches | L |
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| I was a child and heard the red deer's challenge | M |
| Prowling and belling underneath my window | N |
| Never a cry so haughty or so mournful | D |
Victoria Sackville-west
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