There is a Budding Morrow in Midnight
Against a partly blue and bright winter sky, the speaker wonders whether unseen sap is rising, ready to burst through. Winter is pictured as spring's mother and nurse, with beauty of its own and a future budding in everything.
By Christina Georgina Rossetti · Genre: Nature Poetry, Meditative Poetry · 101 words
First lines
Wintry boughs against a wintry sky; / Yet the sky is partly blue / And the clouds are partly bright. / Who can tell but sap is mounting high / Out of sight, / Ready to burst through?
Winter is the mother-nurse of Spring, / Lovely for her daughter's sake. / Not unlovely for her own; / For a future buds in everything / Grown or blown / Or about to break.
Genres
- Nature Poetry — Winter boughs, blue sky, bright clouds and possibly rising sap lead into the anticipated growth of spring.
- Meditative Poetry — The question about unseen sap leads to reflection on winter's own beauty and the future latent in growing things.
Tags
winter · spring · renewal · sap · buds
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Nature Poetry, Meditative Poetry
- Length: 101 words
- Structure: 1 section, 2 paragraphs
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