Children in Midwinter

Name: Children in Midwinter
Author: Alice Meynell

"Children in Midwinter" is a collection of poetry written by Alice Meynell in 1902. The book explores themes of childhood, innocence, and the passing of time through vivid imagery and delicate language. Meynell's poems evoke a sense of nostalgia and longing for a lost era, while also celebrating the beauty and wonder of childhood. Through her use of metaphor and symbolism, Meynell creates a world that is both magical and melancholic, inviting readers to reflect on their own experiences of growing up and the fleeting nature of youth.

By Alice Meynell · First published 1902 · Genre: Fiction, Children's Literature, Contemporary · 1,712 words

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Children are so flowerlike that it is always a little fresh surprise to see them blooming in winter. Their tenderness, their down, their colour, their fulness -- which is like that of a thick rose or of a tight grape -- look out of season. Children in the withering wind are like the soft golden-pink roses that fill the barrows in Oxford Street, breathing a southern calm on the north wind. The child has something better than warmth in the cold, something more subtly out of place and more delicately contrary; and that is coolness. To be cool in the cold is the sign of a vitality quite exquisitely alien from the common conditions of the world. It is to have a naturally, and not an artificially, different and separate climate.

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Work type: Poem
Author: Alice Meynell
Date: 1902 CE
Language: English
Genres: Fiction, Children's Literature, Contemporary
Length: 1,712 words
Structure: 1 section, 12 paragraphs
Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)

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Fiction — The book is a fabricated story about children and their experiences.
Children's Literature — The story revolves around children and their perspective.
Contemporary — The narrative is set in a modern context.