One Day by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Two people meet in spring and part heavy-hearted in autumn. Unable to say when they will meet again, the narrator anticipates a reunion in Paradise beyond death; one of the pair waits in pain.
By Christina Georgina Rossetti · Genre: Love Poetry, Religious Poetry · 235 words
First lines
I will tell you when they met: / In the limpid days of Spring; / Elder boughs were budding yet, / Oaken boughs looked wintry still, / But primrose and veined violet / In the mossful turf were set, / While meeting birds made haste to sing / And build with right good will.
I will tell you when they parted: / When plenteous Autumn sheaves were brown, / Then they parted heavy-hearted; / The full rejoicing sun looked down / As grand as in the days before; / Only they had lost a crown; / Only to them those days of yore / Could come back nevermore.
Genres
- Love Poetry — The pair's sorrowful separation leads to the prospect of love enduring beyond death.
- Religious Poetry — The final stanza anticipates reunion in Paradise and an exchange with angels.
Tags
love · parting · reunion · afterlife · spring · autumn
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Love Poetry, Religious Poetry
- Length: 235 words
- Structure: 1 section, 3 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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