Tapestry Trees Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BB C DD E FF G HI C BB J KK L BB M NN L OO L PP L QQ L RR S TTOak | A |
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I am the Roof tree and the Keel | B |
I bridge the seas for woe and weal | B |
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Fir | C |
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High o er the lordly oak I stand | D |
And drive him on from land to land | D |
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Ash | E |
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I heft my brother s iron bane | F |
I shaft the spear and build the wain | F |
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Yew | G |
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Dark down the windy dale I grow | H |
The father of the fateful Bow | I |
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Poplar | C |
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The war shaft and the milking bowl | B |
I make and keep the hay wain whole | B |
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Olive | J |
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The King I bless the lamps I trim | K |
In my warm wave do fishes swim | K |
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Apple tree | L |
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I bowed my head to Adam s will | B |
The cups of toiling men I fill | B |
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Vine | M |
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I draw the blood from out the earth | N |
I store the sun for winter mirth | N |
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Orange tree | L |
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Amidst the greenness of my night | O |
My odorous lamps hang round and bright | O |
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Fig tree | L |
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I who am little among trees | P |
In honey making mate the bees | P |
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Mulberry tree | L |
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Love s lack hath dyed my berries red | Q |
For Love s attire my leaves are shed | Q |
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Pear tree | L |
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High o er the mead flowers hidden feet | R |
I bear aloft my burden sweet | R |
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Bay | S |
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Look on my leafy boughs the Crown | T |
Of living song and dead renown | T |
William Morris
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