The Old Oak Tree Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNON PQRQ| I sit beneath your leaves old oak | A |
| You mighty one of all the trees | B |
| Within whose hollow trunk a man | C |
| Could stable his big horse with ease | B |
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| I see your knuckles hard and strong | D |
| But have no fear they'll come to blows | E |
| Your life is long and mine is short | F |
| But which has known the greater woes | E |
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| Thou has not seen starved women here | G |
| Or man gone mad because ill fed | H |
| Who stares at stones in city streets | I |
| Mistaking them for hunks of bread | H |
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| Thou hast not felt the shivering backs | J |
| Of homeless children lying down | K |
| And sleeping in the cold night air | L |
| Like doors and walls in London town | K |
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| Knowing thou hast not known such shame | M |
| And only storms have come thy way | N |
| Methinks I could in comfort spend | O |
| My summer with thee day by day | N |
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| To lie by day in thy green shade | P |
| And in thy hollow rest at night | Q |
| And through the open doorway see | R |
| The stars turn over leaves of light | Q |
William Henry Davies
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