Bitter for Sweet by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Summer's roses, warmth, and showers have passed, and autumn is ending. Colder winter approaches as frost strengthens each day and the last buds stop blooming.
By Christina Georgina Rossetti · Genre: Seasonal Poetry, Nature Poetry · 76 words
First lines
Summer is gone with all its roses, / Its sun and perfumes and sweet flowers, / Its warm air and refreshing showers: / And even Autumn closes.
Yea, Autumn's chilly self is going, / And winter comes which is yet colder; / Each day the hoar-frost waxes bolder / And the last buds cease blowing.
Genres
- Seasonal Poetry — Two rhymed stanzas trace the passing of summer and autumn and the approach of colder winter.
- Nature Poetry — Roses, showers, frost, and the cessation of blooming mark the changing seasons.
Tags
seasonal change · autumn · winter · frost · flowers
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Seasonal Poetry, Nature Poetry
- Length: 76 words
- Structure: 1 section, 2 paragraphs
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