The Months: a Pageant
Twelve months, personified as brothers and sisters, succeed one another at a cottage and in its grounds, feeding birds, sheltering lambs and bringing seasonal flowers and produce. Summer storms and autumn’s falling leaves give way to winter fires; December makes an evergreen wreath and sings of a carol heard by shepherds, before all twelve join hands and dance.
By Christina Georgina Rossetti · Genre: Dramatic Poetry, Seasonal Poetry, Nature Poetry · 4,025 words
First lines
Personifications. / _Boys._ January, March, July, August, October, December. / _Girls._ February, April, May, June, September, November. / Robin Redbreasts; Lambs and Sheep; Nightingale and Nestlings. / Various Flowers, Fruits, etc. / _Scene_: A Cottage with its Grounds.
[A room in a large comfortable cottage; a fire burning on the hearth; a table on which the breakfast things have been left standing. January discovered seated by the fire.]
Genres
- Dramatic Poetry — Named month characters speak and sing in verse, with stage directions for entrances, gestures, sheltering animals and a final dance.
- Seasonal Poetry — The twelve months appear in calendar order, bringing snowdrops, summer fruit, harvested grain, falling leaves and winter greenery.
- Nature Poetry — The speeches describe nesting birds, lambs, flowers, ripening crops, thunderstorms and the earth’s winter rest.
Tags
seasons · personification · birds · flowers · harvest · winter · pageant · verse drama
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- Work type: Play
- Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Dramatic Poetry, Seasonal Poetry, Nature Poetry
- Length: 4,025 words
- Structure: 1 section, 136 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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