The Willow-tree Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE AFAFAAAA AGAGHIJI KAKALMNM OPQPOMRM STUTVUAAU MMMMMM| Know ye the willow tree | A |
| Whose gray leaves quiver | B |
| Whispering gloomily | A |
| To yon pale river | B |
| Lady at even tide | C |
| Wander not near it | D |
| They say its branches hide | C |
| A sad lost spirit | E |
| - | |
| Once to the willow tree | A |
| A maid came fearful | F |
| Pale seemed her cheek to be | A |
| Her blue eye tearful | F |
| Soon as she saw the tree | A |
| Her step moved fleeter | A |
| No one was there ah me | A |
| No one to meet her | A |
| - | |
| Quick beat her heart to hear | A |
| The far bell's chime | G |
| Toll from the chapel tower | A |
| The trysting time | G |
| But the red sun went down | H |
| In golden flame | I |
| And though she looked round | J |
| Yet no one came | I |
| - | |
| Presently came the night | K |
| Sadly to greet her | A |
| Moon in her silver light | K |
| Stars in their glitter | A |
| Then sank the moon away | L |
| Under the billow | M |
| Still wept the maid alone | N |
| There by the willow | M |
| - | |
| Through the long darkness | O |
| By the stream rolling | P |
| Hour after hour went on | Q |
| Tolling and tolling | P |
| Long was the darkness | O |
| Lonely and stilly | M |
| Shrill came the night wind | R |
| Piercing and chilly | M |
| - | |
| Shrill blew the morning breeze | S |
| Biting and cold | T |
| Bleak peers the gray dawn | U |
| Over the wold | T |
| Bleak over moor and stream | V |
| Looks the grey dawn | U |
| Gray with dishevelled hair | A |
| Still stands the willow there | A |
| THE MAID IS GONE | U |
| - | |
| Domine Domine | M |
| Sing we a litany | M |
| Sing for poor maiden hearts broken and weary | M |
| Domine Domine | M |
| Sing we a litany | M |
| Wail we and weep we a wild Miserere | M |
William Makepeace Thackeray
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