The Mahogany Tree Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDEEC FGGCFHHC IJJCIKLC MNNCMOOC PQQCPRRC STTCSUUC PVVCPWWC| Christmas is here | A |
| Winds whistle shrill | B |
| Icy and chill | B |
| Little care we | C |
| Little we fear | D |
| Weather without | E |
| Shelter about | E |
| The Mahogany Tree | C |
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| Once on the boughs | F |
| Birds of rare plume | G |
| Sang in its bloom | G |
| Night birds are we | C |
| Here we carouse | F |
| Singing like them | H |
| Perched round the stem | H |
| Of the jolly old tree | C |
| - | |
| Here let us sport | I |
| Boys as we sit | J |
| Laughter and wit | J |
| Flashing so free | C |
| Life is but short | I |
| When we are gone | K |
| Let them sing on | L |
| Round the old tree | C |
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| Evenings we knew | M |
| Happy as this | N |
| Faces we miss | N |
| Pleasant to see | C |
| Kind hearts and true | M |
| Gentle and just | O |
| Peace to your dust | O |
| We sing round the tree | C |
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| Care like a dun | P |
| Lurks at the gate | Q |
| Let the dog wait | Q |
| Happy we'll be | C |
| Drink every one | P |
| Pile up the coals | R |
| Fill the red bowls | R |
| Round the old tree | C |
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| Drain we the cup | S |
| Friend art afraid | T |
| Spirits are laid | T |
| In the Red Sea | C |
| Mantle it up | S |
| Empty it yet | U |
| Let us forget | U |
| Round the old tree | C |
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| Sorrows begone | P |
| Life and its ills | V |
| Duns and their bills | V |
| Bid we to flee | C |
| Come with the dawn | P |
| Blue devil sprite | W |
| Leave us to night | W |
| Round the old tree | C |
William Makepeace Thackeray
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